The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | capillary

capillary •ˈka-pə-ˌler-ē, -ˌle-rē• noun and adjective

noun: any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
noun: a tube of tiny internal diameter holds liquid by capillary action
adjective: long and slender with a quite little inner diameter

The word capillary has appeared in two New York Instances posts in the previous yr, including on April 25 in “When Liquids and Mechanics Function Together” by Nazanin Lankarani:

PARIS — A lot of watches are vaunted for their capacity to hold water out. But the makers of the youthful Swiss view brand HYT phone themselves hydromechanical horologists and boast of their expertise at retaining fluids in.

… The H1 is visually amazing: In a futuristic dial, it displays two reservoirs that incorporate liquids that are not able to be mixed, 1 of them fluorescent. Compressing the 1st reservoir sends the fluorescent liquid up a capillary tube all around the perimeter of the observe, displacing the other liquid into the 2nd reservoir.

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The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | capillary