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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' capillary pressure head.) The [[potential]], expressed in units of [[water  head]], due to the [[capillarity]] of a [[porous medium]] in the presence of a wetted liquid.</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' capillary pressure head.) The [[potential]], expressed in units of [[water  head]], due to the [[capillarity]] of a [[porous medium]] in the presence of a wetted liquid.</div><br/> </div>
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capillary head

(Also called capillary pressure head.) The potential, expressed in units of water head, due to the capillarity of a porous medium in the presence of a wetted liquid.


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