Hypertext Webster Gateway: "capillary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Capillary \Cap"il*la*ry\, n.; pl. {Capillaries}.
1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
2. (Anat.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Capillary \Cap"il*la*ry\ (k[a^]p"[i^]l*l[asl]*r[y^] or
k[.a]*p[i^]l"l[.a]*r[y^]; 277), a. [L. capillaris, fr.
capillus hair. Cf. {Capillaire}.]
1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having
minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as,
the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary
action.
{Capillary attraction}, {Capillary repulsion}, the apparent
attraction or repulsion between a solid and liquid caused
by capillarity. See {Capillarity}, and {Attraction}.
{Capillarity tubes}. See the {Note} under {Capillarity}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
capillary
adj 1: relating to or involving capillarity; "capillary action";
"capillary attraction"
2: (anatomy) "a capillary network"
3: long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a
capillary tube" [syn: {hairlike}]
n 1: a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary
action [syn: {capillary tube}, {capillary tubing}]
2: any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with
venules
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