capillary attraction

capillary-attraction的词性：
n.（名词）

1. The force that results from greater adhesion of a liquid to a solid surface than internal cohesion of the liquid itself and that causes the liquid to be raised against a vertical surface, as water is in a clean glass tube. It is the force that allows a porous material to soak up a liquid.
毛细引力：由于一液体对一固体平面较其内聚力更大的附着力而产生的力，这一力量使得流体相对一垂直平面发生隆起，就象水在一支清洁的玻璃试管中那样。正是这一作用力使得一种多孔的材料能吸收液体