Capillary (kăp&ibreve_;ll&auptack_;r&ybreve_; or k&adot_;p&ibreve_;ll&adot_;r&ybreve_;; 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.
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2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.
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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.

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