(capillarity)
31Electro-capillary — E*lec tro cap il*la*ry, a. (Physics) Pert. to, or caused by, electro capillarity. [1913 Webster] …
32Portative — Por ta*tive, a. [Cf. F. portatif.] 1. Portable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity. [1913 Webster] …
33capillary attraction — noun Date: 1813 the force of adhesion between a solid and a liquid in capillarity …
34thin-layer chromatography — noun Date: 1957 chromatography in which a liquid sample migrates by capillarity through a solid adsorbent medium (as alumina or silica gel) which is arranged as a thin layer on a rigid support (as a glass plate) …
35capillary — I. adjective Etymology: French or Latin; French capillaire, from Latin capillaris, from capillus hair Date: 14th century 1. a. resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form < capillary leaves > b. having a very small bore < a capillary… …
36Concrete — This article is about the construction material. For other uses, see Concrete (disambiguation). Outer view of the Roman Pantheon, still the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome.[1] …
37Gecko — This article is about the type of animal. For other uses, see Gecko (disambiguation). Gecko Temporal range: 50 Ma Recent, putatively as early as 110 Ma[1] …
38Frog — For other uses, see Frog (disambiguation). Frogs Temporal range: Triassic–present …
39Henri Poincaré — Infobox Scientist box width = 300px name = Henri Poincaré image size = 250px caption = Jules Henri Poincaré (1854 1912). Photograph from the frontispiece of the 1913 edition of Last Thoughts. birth date = birth date|df=yes|1854|4|29 birth place …
40Perpetual motion — For other uses, see Perpetual motion (disambiguation). Robert Fludd s 1618 water screw perpetual motion machine from a 1660 wood engraving. This device is widely credited as the first recorded attempt to describe such a device in order to produce …
