capillary tube
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But they lived when Dr. Snir whisked the fluid away with a capillary tube.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
What is the diameter of the capillary tube?
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
At the end of Beam Line 12, a scientist named Helen He showed off the object being scrutinized: a crystal inside a capillary tube, almost too small to see with the naked eye.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2017
One important phenomenon related to the relative strength of cohesive and adhesive forces is capillary action—the tendency of a fluid to be raised or suppressed in a narrow tube, or capillary tube.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Concentrated hydrochloric acid is introduced into concentrated sulfuric acid, by means of a dropping funnel and a capillary tube leading to the bottom of the sulfuric acid container.
From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant
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