Cap"il*la*ry (kăp"ĭl*l?*r?
or kȧ*pĭl"lȧ*r?; 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.
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.