Associations to the word «Capillarity»
Noun
Wiktionary
CAPILLARITY, noun. The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.
Dictionary definition
CAPILLARITY, noun. A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.