| Fluffies pilchers use capillary action to draw moisture away from the skin assisting in preventing nappy rash. |
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| In resting insect tissues, tracheoles are typically filled with liquid drawn by capillary action from the surrounding tissue. |
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| Over time, the saved water percolated upward through capillary action toward plants' thirsty roots. |
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| The capillary action of the water serves to retain the sand particles, and water seeps may form. |
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| The ink on the reservoir is driven through the microchannel via capillary action to reach the dispensing tip. |
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| The hot metal will melt the solder and capillary action will pull it into the seam. |
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| Your amaryllises have been sucking up water all night, through the force of capillary action. |
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| Heat from its flame melts a pool of liquid fuel that slithers up the wick by capillary action and vaporises. |
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| There is an initial advantage in deeper water, Dr. Armitage notes, because it gives the capillary action a jump start. |
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| At that point, Dr. Rubega said, capillary action probably moves the liquid into the throat. |
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| Then there are the countries close to us, the countries that will become close to us by what I might call capillary action. |
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| Later it reappears, floating on water in an example of surface tension or indicating the diameters of glass tubes in a demonstration of capillary action. |
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| Primitive lamps, which relied on capillary action to deliver oil or melted fat up a wick to the flame, were improved only marginally in form and material over many centuries. |
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| Thus, seeds can imbibe water by capillary action so that they swell and break their coats, allowing germination of new life. |
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| The liquid flows upward by capillary action, then is vaporized by the heat. |
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| In addition of range, mask repair strengthens the capillary action of the shampoo and hair gel ensures a perfect finish. |
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| Failure to remove such oxides can interfere with capillary action and may reduce the strength of the joint and cause failure. |
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| The capillary action of the FastDraw strip will draw the blood in until the confirmation window is completely filled. |
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| The water is drawn out through the paper by capillary action and moves in a growing circle. |
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| This wetting is a result of very low viscosity and surface tension high enough to be drawn into the cracks and pore structure of concrete by capillary action. |
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| Other teams are striving to control their fuel cell's operations by using solely passive processes, such as evaporation, diffusion, and capillary action. |
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| Water can move back up by capillary action or it can move vertically or horizontally under the earth's surface until it re-enters a surface water system. |
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| This causes waterlogging, which raises the water table. The soil then acts like a sponge, drawing water up into the root zone by capillary action. |
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| Infiltration occurs as water flows through the larger pores of rock or between soil particles under the influence of gravity, or as a gradual wetting of small particles by capillary action. |
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| Heat pipes usually have a wick to return the condensate to the evaporator via capillary action. |
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| The liquid lead oxide is removed or absorbed by capillary action into the hearth linings. |
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| The capillary action refers to the tendency of water to move up a narrow tube against the force of gravity. |
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| If there is no watertight seal at the flexible drive shaft couplings, water can enter the flexible drive shafts through capillary action, assisted by the movement of air in and out of the shafts due to pressure changes. |
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| Rising damp is due to water absorbed by capillary action. |
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| This induces a capillary action that ultimately confines the materials in the nanotube: it causes the 'pressure' in the nanotube to rise naturally by an infinitesimal amount. |
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| In simple terms, rising damp is the upward movement of moisture through walls and sometimes floors by capillary action from below ground. |
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| Heat transfer using a loop heat pipe is based on the same sort of capillary action that absorbs water in fibers, sponges, and plants. |
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| Water can also move sideways or upward by capillary action. |
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| In growers with reservoirs, a dry fertilizer strip can be placed on the surface so that it will slowly dilute and transport fertilizers through the growing mix thanks to the capillary action of water. |
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| The reed imbibes the perfume in which it is placed and diffuses it through capillary action from the base to the top of the stem, allowing the scent to fill the surrounding air. |
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| The UTVG has developed a product that creates capillary action and vaporization simultaneously which allows for the elimination of any type of sponge or filter materials. |
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| The formula flows through a pointed felt tip thanks to capillary action. |
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| Capillary action of the porous material pulls the ammonia borane into the pores of the support. |
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