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
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
Surface tension thus flattens the curved liquid surface in a capillary tube.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Slide-Wire.—The calibration of an electrical slide-wire into parts of equal resistance is precisely analogous to that of a capillary tube into parts of equal volume.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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