Canadian English Meaning of capillary

Capillary

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Definitions and Meaning of capillary in English

Wordnet

capillary (n)

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

any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules

Wordnet

capillary (a)

of or relating to hair

Wordnet

capillary (s)

long and slender with a very small internal diameter

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

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Capillary

a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action, any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules, of or relating to hair,

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capillarity => Capillary action, capillariness => capillarity, capillament => Hair, capillaire => capillary, capillaceous => hair-like,