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Meaning of Capillarity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية ظاهرة الشد التى تحدث عند التقاء السائل بالصلب
Español absorbencia absorbimiento absorción alejamiento capilaridad
Suomi hiushuokoisuus kapillaarisuus
Bahasa Indonesia kapilaritas
Italiano capillarità
Bahasa Melayu kapilariti
Română capilaritate

Examples

“Hence the allowance to be made for diminution of the height of a mercurial column, owing to capillarity, is determined by two considerations — the diameter of the tube and versed sine of the corresponding meniscus.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

capillarization capillarogenesis capillarography capillaropathy capillarosclerosis capillaroscopy

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