capillarity

== English == === Etymology === From French capillarité. === Noun === capillarity (countable and uncountable, plural capillarities) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== capillary action wicking ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === meniscus surface tension === Anagrams === piratically