English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Capillary

Capillary (a.)

Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

Capillary (a.)

Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.

Capillary (n.)

A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

Capillary (n.)

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.