capillarity
cap·il·lar·i·ty [ ˌka-pə-ˈler-ə-tē]
[ˌka-pə-ˈler-ə-tē]
plural capillarities
2 : the 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 depending on the relative attraction of the molecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid
First Known Use of capillarity
1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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