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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl. Capillaries 1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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