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1. (n.) capillary
one of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginnings of the veins.
2. capillary
Also called capillary tube. a tube with a small bore.
3. (adj.) capillary
pertaining to a capillary or capillaries.
4. capillary
pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
5. capillary
resembling a strand of hair; hairlike.
6. capillary
pertaining to capillarity.
7. capillary
of or pertaining to the apparent attraction or repulsion between a liquid and a solid.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L capillāris pertaining to hair <capill(us) hair)
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| Definition of 'capillary' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing
a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
2. (adj) capillary, capillary vessel
any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
3. (adj) capillary
of or relating to hair
4. (adj) capillary, hairlike
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
"a capillary tube"
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| Definition of 'capillary' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) capillary
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. (adj) capillary
pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action
3. (noun) capillary
a tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute
4. (noun) capillary
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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Sense: a tube with a very small diameter, especially (in plural) the tiny vessels that join veins to arteries.
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 Afrikaans: haarbuisie |
 Arabic: أُنْبوب شَعْري |
 Bulgarian: капилярен съд |
 Brazilian: capilar |
 Czech: kapilára |
 German: das Kapillargefäß |
 Danish: hårkar; kapillar |
 Greek: τριχοειδές αγγείο |
 Spanish: capilar |
 Estonian: kapillaar |
 Farsi: لولۀ بسیار باریک؛ مویرگ |
 Finnish: kapillaari |
 French: capillaire |
 Hebrew: נִים |
 Hindi: केशिका |
 Croatian: kapilara |
 Hungarian: kapilláris |
 Indonesian: kapiler |
 Icelandic: hárpípa; háræðar |
 Italian: capillare |
 Japanese: 毛細管 |
 Korean: 모세관 |
 Lithuanian: kapiliaras |
 Latvian: kapilārs |
 Malay: kapilari |
 Dutch: haarvat |
 Norwegian: kapillar, hårrør |
 Polish: naczynie włoskowate |
 Persian: لولۀ بسیار باریک؛ مویرگ |
 Pashto: يو كو چنى ويښته غوندې رګ، |
 Portuguese: capilar |
 Romanian: vas capilar |
 Russian: капилляр |
 Slovak: kapilára |
 Slovenian: kapilara |
 Serbian: kapilar |
 Swedish: hårrörskärl, kapillär |
 Thai: หลอดที่มีมาตรวัดขนาดเล็ก |
 Turkish: kılcal damar |
 Taiwanese: 毛細管 |
 Ukrainian: капіляр |
 Urdu: باریک ، شعری |
 Vietnamese: mao mạch |
 Chinese: 毛细管 |
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