capillary tube
Britishnoun
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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
If a capillary tube is placed vertically into a liquid, as shown in Figure 11.37, capillary action will raise or suppress the liquid inside the tube depending on the combination of substances.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The liquid will boil and sweep out the residual air, but it is necessary to heat the capillary tube as well in order to prevent condensation.
From A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing by Bolas, Bernard D.
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