capillary attraction
1Capillary attraction — Attraction At*trac tion, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.] 1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together …
2Capillary attraction — Capillary Cap il*la*ry (k[a^]p [i^]l*l[asl]*r[y^] or k[.a]*p[i^]l l[.a]*r[y^]; 277), a. [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. {Capillaire}.] 1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small… …
3capillary attraction — n. a force that is the resultant of adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension in liquids which are in contact with solids, as in a capillary tube: when the cohesive force is greater, the surface of the liquid tends to rise in the tube, as with… …
4capillary attraction — n. a force that is the resultant of adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension in liquids which are in contact with solids, as in a capillary tube: when the cohesive force is greater, the surface of the liquid tends to rise in the tube, as with… …
5capillary attraction — n the force of adhesion between a solid and a liquid in capillarity * * * the force that attracts the particles of a fluid into and along the caliber of a very narrow tube …
6capillary attraction — kapiliarinė trauka statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. capillary attraction vok. Kapillaranziehung, f; Kapillarattraktion, f rus. капиллярное притяжение, n pranc. attraction capillaire, f …
7capillary attraction — also capillary ac.tion noun (U) technical the force that makes a liquid rise up a narrow tube …
8capillary attraction — noun Date: 1813 the force of adhesion between a solid and a liquid in capillarity …
9capillary attraction — The adhesive force between a liquid and a solid in capillarity …
10capillary attraction — noun : the force of adhesion between a solid and a liquid in capillarity …
