💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Capillary action"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| capillaritynoun | The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube. |
| wickingnoun | (physics) Capillarity, capillary effect, capillary motion. |
| electrocapillaritynoun | (physics, chemistry) the effect of electric charge on surface tension |
| surface tensionnoun | (physics) the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces |
| elastocapillaritynoun | (physics) elastic capillarity |
| jurin's lawnoun | The simplest analysis of capillary action, stating that the maximum height of a liquid in a capillary tube is inversely proportional to the tube's diameter. |
| suctionnoun | The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another. |
| thermocapillaritynoun | (physics) The condition of being thermocapillary |
| capillary wavenoun | A wave at a fluid boundary dominated by surface tension (opposed to larger waves dominated by gravity), a ripple. |
| pinch effectnoun | (physics) the magnetic self-attraction of parallel electric currents having the same direction; the restriction of a flowing plasma because of this attraction |
| surface layernoun | (physics) The layer of molecules at the surface of a liquid that is responsible for surface tension |
| autophoresisnoun | (physics) The spontaneous movement of particles in a suspension caused by nonlinear interplay between surface osmotic flows and solute advection |
| turgornoun | (botany) Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall. |
| dilatancynoun | (physics) The phenomenon of some substances whose viscosity increases with shear rate, or with pressure. |
| ripplonnoun | (physics) A quantized capillary-tension wave at the surface of a liquid |
| advectionnoun | (meteorology, earth science, physical chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc. |
| young-laplace equationnoun | (physics) A nonlinear partial differential equation that describes the capillary pressure difference sustained across the interface between two static fluids, such as water and air, due to the phenomenon of surface tension or wall tension. |
| electroosmosisnoun | (physics) the migration of ions in a solvent through the capillaries of a membrane under the influence of an applied electric field |
| backpressurenoun | (fluid dynamics) Pressure that is opposed to the flow of a fluid. |
| cohesionnoun | State of cohering, or of working together. |
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