Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermocapillarity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ther-mo-cap-il-lar-i-ty
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being thermocapillary

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If the destabilizing effect of thermocapillarity overcomes the stabilizing effect of surface tension and gravity, the liquid film ruptures in finite time, through the formation of primary and secondary thermocapillary finger structures. The long-wave evolution dynamics are compared for two different substrate types: isothermal non-porous and isothermal porous for small Biot number in a zero gravity environment."

Etymology

From thermo- + capillarity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thermo

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does thermocapillarity mean?: The condition of being thermocapillary
Where does thermocapillarity come from?: From thermo- + capillarity.

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