Capillary /(kăp"ĭl*lā̇*ry̆ [or] kȧ*pĭl"lȧ*ry̆; 277)/

Cap·il·la·ry

Capillary

a.
  1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
  2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.

Phrases & Compounds
Capillary attraction
the apparent attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused by capillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction.
Capillarity tubes
See the Note under Capillarity.

Capillary

n.

pl. Capillaries

  1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
  2. 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. (Anat.)