Search Result for "capillary_action":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries;
[syn: capillarity, capillary action]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

capillary action
    n 1: a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting
         in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
         [syn: capillarity, capillary action]