cap·il·lar·i·ty /ˌkæpəˈlærəti/
 毛細管作用,毛細管現象


 cap·il·lar·i·ty /ˌkæpəˈlærətɪ/ 名詞
 毛細浸出,毛細現象


 Cap·il·lar·i·ty n.
 1. The quality or condition of being capillary.
 2. Physics The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.
 Note: ☞ Capillarity depends upon the relative attraction of the modecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid, and is especially observable in capillary tubes, where it determines the ascent or descent of the liquid above or below the level of the liquid which the tube is dipped; -- hence the name.

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 capillarity
      n : a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting
          in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
          [syn: capillary action]