capillarity

noun

Meaning

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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Related words

capillary action(English)adsorption(English)capillarigation(English)cavitation(English)interdiffusion(English)percolation(English)flux(English)colliquation(English)phenomena(English)soil(English)formula(English)water(English)

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