capillary tube

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   a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action

   Synonymscapillarycapillary tubing

   Broadertube

   Part ofthermometer

Questions about capillary tube

What does capillary tube mean?

capillary tube means "a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action".

What is another word for capillary tube?

Close synonyms include capillary, capillary tubing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capillary tube a common word?

capillary tube is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.