capillary rise

См. также в других словарях:

• capillary rise —    The height above a free water surface to which water will rise by capillary action [22].    Synonymous with height of capillary rise …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• capillary rise — kapiliarinis kilimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. capillary rise vok. Kapillaranstieg, m rus. капиллярное повышение, n pranc. ascension capillaire, f; montée capillaire, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• height of capillary rise —    See capillary rise …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Capillary fringe — The capillary fringe is the subsurface layer in which groundwater seeps up from a water table by capillary action to fill pores. Pores at the base of the capillary fringe are filled with water due to tension saturation. This saturated portion of… …   Wikipedia

• Capillary action — Capillary action, capillarity, capillary motion, or wicking is the ability of a substance to draw another substance into it. The standard reference is to a tube in plants but can be seen readily with porous paper. It occurs when the adhesive… …   Wikipedia

• capillary attraction — n. a force that is the resultant of adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension in liquids which are in contact with solids, as in a capillary tube: when the cohesive force is greater, the surface of the liquid tends to rise in the tube, as with… …   Universalium

• capillary attraction — n. a force that is the resultant of adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension in liquids which are in contact with solids, as in a capillary tube: when the cohesive force is greater, the surface of the liquid tends to rise in the tube, as with… …   English World dictionary

• Capillary attraction — Attraction At*trac tion, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.] 1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• capillary attraction — also capillary ac.tion noun (U) technical the force that makes a liquid rise up a narrow tube …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• capillary movement —    The rise of water in the subsoil above the water table by capillarity …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• capillary action — ca.pillary action [ US ˌ.... ˈ..] n [U] technical the force that makes a liquid rise up a narrow tube …   Dictionary of contemporary English