filament

fil·a·ment  (fl-mnt)

n.

1. A fine or thinly spun thread, fiber, or wire.

2. Botany

a. The stalk that bears the anther in a stamen.

b. A chainlike series of cells, as in many algae.

3.

a. A fine wire heated electrically to incandescence in an electric lamp.

b. Electronics A high-resistance wire or ribbon forming the cathode in some thermionic tubes.

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[New Latin flmentum, from Late Latin flre, to spin, from Latin flum, thread; see g^wh- in Indo-European roots.]

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fila·mentous (-mnts), fila·menta·ry (-mnt-r, -mntr) adj.

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filament

Noun

1. the thin wire inside a light bulb that emits light

2. Electronics a high-resistance wire forming the cathode in some valves

3. a single strand of fibre

4. Bot the stalk of a stamen [Latin filum thread]

filamentary adj

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filament  (fl-mnt)

1. A fine or slender thread, wire, or fiber.

2. The part of a stamen that supports the anther of a flower; the stalk of a stamen. See more at flower.

3.

a. A fine wire that gives off radiation when an electric current is passed through it, usually to provide light, as in an incandescent bulb, or to provide heat, as in a vacuum tube.

b. A wire that acts as the cathode in some electron tubes when it is heated with an electric current.

4. Any of the dark, sinuous lines visible through certain filters on the disk of the Sun. Filaments are solar prominences that are viewed against the solar surface rather than being silhouetted along the outer edges of the disk. See more at prominence.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	filament - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber fibril, strand barb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather cobweb, gossamer - filaments from a web that was spun by a spider chromatid - one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle - one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber rhizoid - any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc hypha - any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus paraphysis - a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
	2.	filament - the stalk of a stamen stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
	3.	filament - a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) filum anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" pilus, hair - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
	4.	filament - a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current electric light, electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb, bulb - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity conducting wire, wire - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

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filament

noun strand, string, wire, fibre, thread, staple, wisp, cilium Biology, Zoology fibril, pile

Translations

filament [ˈfɪləmənt] n (ELEC) → filamento

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filament [ˈfɪləmənt] n → filament m

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filament [ˈfɪləmənt] n → Glühfaden m;

(Bot) → Staubfaden m

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filament [ˈfɪləmənt] n → filamento