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Meaning of 'capillary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Capillary [ a.]
- Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
- Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.
2 . Capillary [ n.]
- A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
- A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.

Meaning of 'capillary' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . capillary [ s]
Meaning (1):
- long and slender with a very small internal diameter
Example in sentence:
  • a capillary tube

Nearby Words:

cap capabilities capability capable capableness capacified capacify capaciosly capacious capaciousness

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