capillarity
Meaning of capillarity
noun
the tendency of a liquid in a capillary tube or absorbent material to rise or fall as a result of surface tension.
mid 19th century: from French capillarité, from Latin capillaris ‘like a hair’ (see capillary).
Information about capillarity
- It is a name.
- The plural form of capillarity is: capillarities.
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Hyphenation of capillarity
cap-il-lar-ity
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- capillarity is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Anagrams of capillarity
Words that rhyme with capillarity
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