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 25 °C, how high will water rise in a glass capillary tube with an inner diameter of 0.63 mm?
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Water rises in a glass capillary tube to a height of 17 cm.
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
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 Bernard D. Bolas
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