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Definition of capillary action noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

capillary action

noun

/kəˈpɪləri ækʃn/

/ˈkæpəleri ækʃn/

[uncountable] (specialist)

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the force that makes a liquid move up a narrow tube

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