Associations to the word «Capillarity»

Wiktionary

CAPILLARITY, noun. The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.

Dictionary definition

CAPILLARITY, noun. A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras