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Noun: capillarity  `ka-pu'la-ri-tee
  1. A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
    - capillary action

Derived forms: capillarities

See also: capillary

Type of: surface tension

Encyclopedia: Capillarity