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English Dictionary: capillary	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for capillary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
capillary adj of or relating to hair long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" Synonym(s): capillary, hairlike n a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action Synonym(s): capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules Synonym(s): capillary, capillary vessel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capillary \Cap"illary\ (k[acr]p"[icr]ll[asl]r[ycr] or k[adot]p[icr]l"l[adot]r[ycr]; 277), a. [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. {Capillaire}.] 1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants. 2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. {Capillary attraction}, {Capillary repulsion}, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused by capillarity. See {Capillarity}, and {Attraction}. {Capillarity tubes}. See the {Note} under {Capillarity}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capillary \Cap"illary\, n.; pl. {Capillaries}. 1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute. 2. (Anat.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.