capillary: Meaning and Definition of

cap•il•lar•y

1. pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
2. resembling a strand of hair; hairlike.
1. pertaining to capillarity.
2. of or pertaining to the apparent attraction or repulsion between a liquid and a solid, observed in capillarity.
4. pertaining to a capillary or capillaries.

1. one of the minute blood vessels between the terminations of the arteries and the beginnings of the veins.
2. a tube with a small bore.