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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun capillary has 2 senses
- capillary(n = noun.artifact) capillary tube, capillary tubing - a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action; is a part of thermometer
- capillary(n = noun.body) capillary vessel - any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules; has particulars: glomerulus, tomentum, tomentum cerebri
is a kind of tube, tubing
is a kind of blood vessel
Adjective capillary has 2 senses
- capillary(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to hair;
- capillary(s = adj.all) hairlike - long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" Derived form noun capillarity1
CIDE DICTIONARY
capillary, a. [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. Capillaire.].
- Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. [1913 Webster]
capillary, n.
- A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute. [1913 Webster]
- A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
capillary, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or like a hair.
2 (of a tube) of hairlike internal diameter.
3 of one of the delicate ramified blood vessels intervening between arteries and veins.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a capillary tube.
2 a capillary blood vessel.
--adj.
1 of or like a hair.
2 (of a tube) of hairlike internal diameter.
3 of one of the delicate ramified blood vessels intervening between arteries and veins.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a capillary tube.
2 a capillary blood vessel.
Idiom
capillary action = CAPILLARITY.
Etymology
L capillaris f. capillus hair
THESAURUS
capillary
aorta, arterial, arteriole, artery, blood vessel, bristlelike, carotid, cirrose, cirrous, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, hairlike, hairy, jugular vein, ligamental, portal vein, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, ropy, silky, stringy, taeniate, taeniform, threadlike, thready, vascular, vein, veinlet, veinous, vena cava, venation, venose, venous, venule, vesicular, wiryROGET THESAURUS
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Filament
N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.
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