capillary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
Types & categories
- tube hypernym
Parts & wholes
- thermometer part holonym
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to hair
Related & opposite
- hair pertains to
Sense 3 noun
any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
Types & categories
- blood vessel hypernym
- glomerulus hyponym
- tomentum cerebri hyponym
Sense 4 adjective
long and slender with a very small internal diameter
a capillary tube
Related & opposite
- capillarity derivation
- thin similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | thermometer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tube |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | hair |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | blood vessel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | glomerulus |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tomentum cerebri |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | capillarity |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | thin |