capillarity

/K AE1 P AH0 L EH0 R IH0 T IY0/
noun
  1. 1

    The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.

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