capillary tube

British  

noun

1. a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc

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Example Sentences

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

Snap off the remainder of the capillary tube from the broad upper portion of the pipette which is now destined to form the covering tube or air chamber, or what we may term the "barrel."

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)