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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King