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capillary

/'k/&/p/@/,l/E/r/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. of or relating to hair

    adj.pert

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the <i>capillary</i> vessels of animals and plants.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action

    noun.artifact

    Synonyms capillary tube capillary tubing

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules

    noun.body

    Synonyms capillary vessel

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. long and slender with a very small internal diameter

    adj.all

    Examples
    A capillary tube.
    Synonyms hairlike

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

capibaracapillaceouscapillairecapillamentcapillarinesscapillaritycapillary actioncapillary arterycapillary bedcapillary fracturecapillary tubecapillary tubing

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