capillarity
ca·pil·la·rity
noun
1.
a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries
Origin
From French capillarité.
Related words
Broader terms
WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.