Capillary (disambiguation)
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A capillary is a small blood vessel or any small diameter tube.
Capillary may also refer to:
- Capillary length, a characteristic length scale in fluid mechanics
- Capillary action, the drawing of liquid into a tube or porous material
- Capillary electrophoresis, the separation of charged species by voltage applied to a small tube
- Capillary wave, is a liquid surface wave (ripples), whose dynamics are dominated by the effects of surface tension