Capillarity vs. Meniscus

Capillaritynoun

The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.

Capillaritynoun

The quality or condition of being capillary.

Capillaritynoun

The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.

Capillaritynoun

a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries

Meniscusnoun

A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.

Meniscusnoun

(optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.

Meniscusnoun

The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.

Meniscusnoun

(anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.

Meniscusnoun

A crescent.

Meniscusnoun

A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.

Meniscusnoun

An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.

Meniscusnoun

a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a point