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capillary wave

capillary wave noun: a wave at a fluid boundary dominated by surface tension (opposed to larger waves dominated by gravity), a ripple.

Noun

capillary wave (plural capillary waves)

  1. A wave at a fluid boundary dominated by surface tension (opposed to larger waves dominated by gravity), a ripple.

capillary wave meaning in Tamil

capillary wave in Tamil

தந்துகி அலை, மயிர்த்துளையலை

Forms of capillary wave

pluralcapillary waves

Origin of capillary wave

So named because the wave propagation is due to similar physical principles to those involved in capillary action.

Questions about capillary wave

What does capillary wave mean?
Capillary wave means a wave at a fluid boundary dominated by surface tension (opposed to larger waves dominated by gravity), a ripple.
What is capillary wave in Tamil?
Capillary wave in Tamil is தந்துகி அலை, மயிர்த்துளையலை. See Capillary wave meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is capillary wave?
Capillary wave is a noun.
What is the plural of capillary wave?
The plural of capillary wave is capillary waves.

Words near capillary wave in the dictionary

  1. capillary action
  2. capillary bed
  3. capillary beds
  4. capillary refill
  5. capillary refills
  6. capillary wave
  7. capillary waves
  8. capillarylike
  9. Capillas
  10. capillate
  11. capillation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capillary wave (page history and authors); capillary wave (Tamil 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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