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Definition of Capillary tube

1. Noun. A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capillary Tube

Literary usage of Capillary tube

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"There- ore the atmospheric pressure acting on the mercury in B forces the latter nto A, the air in A being forced into R through capillary tube U. At Jhe ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"The capillary tube was then cut off, and the volume determined by weighing with mercury; it was then calibrated by a shifting thread of mercury, ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"The caliber of capillary tube that will give satisfaction has been found to be one that will ... One can easily make the capillary tube too small; that is, ..."

4. A Text-book of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1902)
"The capillary tube is prepared by drawing out a piece of carefully cleaned glass tube until the internal diameter is considerably less than a millimetre ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1848)
"It should be remembered, too, that whatever be the height to which a liquid rises, it never overflows the upper opening of the capillary tube ; for the ..."

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