Capillary

[kə'pɪlərɪ] or ['kæpəlɛri]

Definition

(noun.) a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action.

(noun.) any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules.

(adj.) long and slender with a very small internal diameter; 'a capillary tube' .

(adj.) of or relating to hair .

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Definition

(a.) Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

(a.) Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.

(n.) A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

(n.) 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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Fine (like a hair), slender, minute.

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Definition

adj. as fine or minute as a hair: having a very small bore as a tube.—n. a tube with a bore as fine as a hair: (pl.) the minute vessels that unite the veins and arteries in animals.—adj. Capillaceous (kap-i-lā′shi-us) hair-like capillary.—n. Capillar′ity a name given to certain phenomena which appear when open tubes having a very small bore are placed in vessels containing liquids—e.g. if placed in water the level of the water in the tube will be above that of the general surface.—adj. Cap′illose hairy.

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