capillary action in a sentence
Examples
- In hydrology, capillary action describes the attraction of water molecules to soil particles.
- The filler metal flows into the gap between close-fitting parts by capillary action.
- Capillary action brings the venom out of the tooth and into the victim.
- Capillary action allows the lizard to suck in water from all over its body.
- Plants do, however, have physiological mechanisms to reestablish the capillary action within their cells.
- Water is observed into concrete walls like a sponge absorbs water through capillary action.
- Capillary action also takes place when the workpieces are very close together or touching.
- The food channel draws liquid and liquified food to the oesophagus by capillary action.
- During testing, a urine specimen migrates upward by capillary action.
- It can form when water rises through capillary action.