capillarity
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capillarity noun
- 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.
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capillary actionwickingadsorptioncapillarigationcavitationinterdiffusionpercolationfluxcolliquationcolmatationantibubbleadsorbtionhygroscopycondensationliquefactionfluidificationpermeation
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