How to pronounce capillarity
American English pronunciation
kap-uh-LAIR-ih-tee
- IPA
- /ˌkæpəˈlɛɹɪti/
- Syllables
- kap · uh · LAIR · ih · tee (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What capillarity means
The way a liquid creeps up a narrow tube or into fibers
In a sentence: Thanks to capillarity, the red water crept up the celery stalk and tinted its leaves.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French word capillarité, from a Latin word for hair, since the tubes it works in can be as thin as hairs.
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