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Definition: Capillarity |
CapillarityNoun1. A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Geography | The phenomenon by which water or other liquids are carried by minute pores throughout the soil or upwards. Source: European Union. (references) |
Hydrologic | (1)The degree to which a material or object containing minute openings or passages, when immersed in a liquid, will draw the surface of the liquid above the hydrostatic level. Unless otherwise defined, the liquid is generally assumed to be water. (2)The phenomenon by which water is held in interstices above the normal hydrostatic level, due to attraction between water molecules. (references) |
Mining | A. The action by which a fluid, such as water, is drawn up (or depressed) in small interstices or tubes as a result of surface tension. Syn:capillary action b. The state of being capillary c. A phenomenon observable when making borehole inclination surveys by the acid-etch method, wherein the upper surface of the acid curves upward, forming a concave surface. When the acid bottle is in a vertical or horizontal position, the concave surface is symmetrical, and the resultant etch plane is horizontal. When the bottle is tilted, the concave surface is asymmetric; the resultant etch plane is not horizontal, and the angle so indicated is always greater than the true inclination of the borehole. A capillarity correction is applied. See also:etch angle; capillarity correction d. The action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid, is elevated or depressed depending upon the relative attraction of the molecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid. Esp. observable in capillary tubes, where it determines the elevation or depression of the liquid above or below the level of theliquid in which the tube is dipped. (references) |
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Synonym: CapillaritySynonym: capillary action (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Capillarity |
| English words defined with "capillarity": Capillarity tubes, capillary ♦ Portative. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "capillarity": Aeration Zone ♦ capillary attraction, Capillary Fringe, capillary water ♦ etch angle ♦ grouting by impregnation ♦ penetration prime coat ♦ road oiling ♦ water of capillarity ♦ zone of aeration, zone of capillarity. (references) |
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Expression using "capillarity": Capillarity tubes. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "capillarity": Electro-capillarity. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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capillarity | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "capillarity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الموهبة الشعرية, الخاصة الشعرية, الشعرية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | капилярност. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 毛细现象. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | capillariteit (capillary action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hiushuokoisuus (capillary attraction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | capillarité (capillary action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kapillarität (capillary action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τριχοειδήσ (capillary, hair like), τριχοειδής ιδιότητα (capillary action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קפילריות, ימיות (mitosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hajszálcsövesség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | capillarit (capillary action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soo feddanagh, jiooldey feddanagh, feddanaght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apillaritycay capilaridade. (various references) capilaritate. (various references) капиллярность. (various references) kapilarnost. (various references) capilaridad (capillary action), proceso de capilar. (various references) kapillaritet (capillary action), kapilläritet. (various references) sıvıların kılcallara nüfuz etme özelliği, kapilarite. (various references) капілярність. (various references) tính mao dẫn. (various references) atyniad (attraction), atynfa (attraction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Capillarity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: capillaryity. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "capillarity" (pronounced 'Cap`il*lar"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: piratically. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-l-p-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: altricial, capillary, capitally, paralytic, partially, piratical. | |
-3 letters: alacrity, apically, atypical, calyptra, iatrical, paltrily, racially, rapacity. | |
-4 letters: airplay, aplitic, caltrap, capital, ciliary, clarity, cryptal, lactary, licitly, lyrical, partial, piratic, playact, pyritic, tilapia, typical. | |
-5 letters: airily, apiary, apical, artily, atrial, atypic, capita, carpal, citral, iatric, italic, lacily, laical, lariat, latria, pallia, paltry, parity, parlay, partly, picara. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-l-p-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: impractically, parasitically, participially, patriotically, prismatically, puritanically. | |
+3 letters: aphoristically, parabiotically. | |
+4 letters: anisotropically, diastrophically, peripatetically, planimetrically, pluralistically, psychiatrically. | |
+5 letters: antistrophically, conspiratorially, epigrammatically, intrapsychically, irreplaceability, lithographically, misanthropically, paradigmatically, periphrastically. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p i l l a r i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0069 006C 006C 0061 0072 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767827578786784758691 |
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