Capillary Tube

Definition: Capillary Tube

Capillary Tube

Noun

1. A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action.

Specialty Definitions: Capillary Tube

Domain	Definitions
Mechanical Engineering	Metal or glass tube with such a small inside diameter that capillary action causes liquid to move in the tube. Source: European Union. (references)
	A restrictor consisting of a length of small bore tubing. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Capillary Tube

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CA	English	Capillary tube agglutination	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Capillary Tube

Synonyms: capillary (n), capillary tubing (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Capillary Tube

English words defined with "capillary tube": alcohol thermometer, alcohol-in-glass thermometer ♦ capillary, capillary tubing ♦ mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer. (references)

Specialty definitions using "capillary tube": BELLOWS ASSEMBLER, BELLOWS FILLER ♦ Leukocyte Migration-Inhibitory Factors ♦ Palo-Travis analyser, Poiseuille's law ♦ THERMOMETER PRODUCTION WORKER. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Capillary Tube

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
capillary tube	17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Capillary Tube

Language		Translations for "capillary tube"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		kapillarroer, kapillarrør. (various references)

Dutch		capillaire buis, capillairbuisje, capillair (capillary, hair). (various references)

Finnish		kapillaariputki. (various references)

French		capillaire de détente, capillaire (capillaries, capillary), tube hypodermique, tube capillaire. (various references)

German		Kapillarrohr. (various references)

Greek		τριχοειδής σωλήνας. (various references)

Italian		tubo capillare. (various references)

Pig Latin		apillarycay ubetay

Portuguese		tubo capilar (capillary). (various references)

Spanish		tubo capilar. (various references)

Swedish		kapillärtub, kapillärrör, kapillär (capillaceous, capillary), hårrör. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Capillary Tube

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-l-l-p-r-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: articulable, bacterially.
	-3 letters: capitulary, peculiarly.
	-4 letters: aliteracy, alterably, apiculate, arcuately, bacillary, bacterial, bilateral, calibrate, capillary, capitally, capitular, eucalypti, lubricate, paralytic, partially, plurality, reputably, trabecula.
	-5 letters: abruptly, acerbity, acrylate, actually, aerially, alacrity, apically, apyretic, arillate, atypical, aubretia, aubrieta, bacillar, bacteria, balletic, betrayal, biacetyl, blearily, bracteal, brucella, brutally, cabrilla, calliper, calypter, calyptra, capabler, capitula, cartable, culpable.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-l-l-p-r-t-u-y"
	+5 letters: hypercoagulability.
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