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    capillary action

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Physics
    caˌpillary ˈaction / $ ˌ.... ˈ../ noun [uncountable]  HP technical the force that makes a liquid rise up a narrow tube 毛细（管）作用，毛细（管）引力
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    capillary action• The moving phase is any suitable solvent which travels along the paper by capillary action.
    caˌpillary ˈaction nounChineseSyllable
    that rise liquid up makes Corpus a the force


    capillary action
    caˌpillary ˈaction / $ ˌ.... ˈ../ noun [uncountable]
    technical the force that makes a liquid rise up a narrow tube


    capillary actionBrE /kəˈpɪləri ækʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæpəleri ækʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (specialist) the force that makes a liquid move up a narrow tube 毛细作用；毛细引力（或吸力）