单词 | capillary action |
释义 | capillary action (once / 142402 pages) n WORD FAMILY capillary action USAGE EXAMPLESAnother useful property of some fibres is wicking, in which liquids travel along the fibre via a bit of physics called capillary action. Economist(Jul 21, 2016) These suck the propellant up by capillary action, obviating the need for pumps. Economist(Jan 28, 2016) The researchers suspect that some sort of capillary action prevents the nectar from spilling out of the canals as pumping occurs. Nature(Sep 24, 2015) n a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries Syn|Hyper capillarity surface tension a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces |
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