Capillary action
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- The drawing of a liquid up the inside of a small-bore tube when adhesive forces exceed cohesive forces, or the depression of the surface of the liquid when cohesive forces exceed the adhesive forces.
- geology
- See: capillarity
Source: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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