Hence the allowance to be made for diminution of the height of a mercurial column, owing to capillarity, is determined by two considerations — the diameter of the tube and versed sine of the corresponding meniscus.
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Capillarity
Synonyms for "capillarity" (19 found)
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Finnish
2 entries- hiushuokoisuus noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
- kapillaarisuus noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
Icelandic
4 entries- hárpípuhrif noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
- hárpípukraftur noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
- hárpípuverkun noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
- sogpípukraftur noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
Indonesian
1 entries- kapilaritas noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
Italian
1 entries- capillarità noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
Malay
1 entries- kapilariti noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
Romanian
1 entries- capilaritate noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
Spanish
4 entries- absorbencia noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
- absorbimiento noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
- absorción noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
- alejamiento noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
Tagalog
1 entries- kalamuymuyan noun (interaction between the surface of a solid and liquid)
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