ALL meanings of capillary tube
cap·il·lar·y tube
C c - noun capillary tube a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc 3
- adjective capillary tube pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore. 1
- adjective capillary tube resembling a strand of hair; hairlike. 1
- adjective capillary tube Physics. pertaining to capillarity. of or relating to the apparent attraction or repulsion between a liquid and a solid, observed in capillarity. 1
- adjective capillary tube Anatomy. pertaining to a capillary or capillaries. 1
- noun plural capillary tube Anatomy. one of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginnings of the veins. 1
- noun plural capillary tube Also called capillary tube. a tube with a small bore. 1
- noun capillary tube physics: glass tube 1