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capillary action

capillary action noun: the drawing of a liquid (often against gravity) into or up narrow interstices due to surface tension.

Noun

capillary action (uncountable)

  1. The drawing of a liquid (often against gravity) into or up narrow interstices due to surface tension
    Synonyms:
    capillarity

capillary action meaning in Tamil and Sinhala

capillary action in Tamil

புழை இயக்கம், நுண் புழைமை, மயிர்த்துளைத் தாக்கம்

capillary action in Sinhala

කේශාකර්ෂණය

Synonyms of capillary action

Questions about capillary action

What does capillary action mean?
Capillary action means the drawing of a liquid (often against gravity) into or up narrow interstices due to surface tension.
What is capillary action in Tamil?
Capillary action in Tamil is புழை இயக்கம், நுண் புழைமை, மயிர்த்துளைத் தாக்கம். See Capillary action meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is capillary action?
Capillary action is a noun.

Words near capillary action in the dictionary

  1. capillarotoxic
  2. capillarotrophic
  3. capillarotropic
  4. capillarovenous
  5. capillary
  6. capillary action
  7. capillary bed
  8. capillary beds
  9. capillary refill
  10. capillary refills
  11. capillary wave

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capillary action (page history and authors); capillary action (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capillary action (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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