capillarityn.
/kapɪˈlarɪti/ Capillary quality; esp. that of exerting capillary attraction or repulsion. Also, capillary attraction.
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1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 234 Capillary attraction, or capillarity as it is sometimes called.
1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) 315 The affinity of capillarity..which acts solely between the surfaces of the attracting body and of that which combines with it.
1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iii. i. iv. §2. 299 The power possessed by water of penetrating rocks, in virtue of the porosity and capillarity.
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