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 [ˈfɪləmənt]

n

1. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) the thin wire, usually tungsten, inside a light bulb that emits light when heated to incandescence by an electric current

2. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) Electronics a high-resistance wire or ribbon, forming the cathode in some valves

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a single strand of a natural or synthetic fibre; fibril

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany

a.  the stalk of a stamen

b.  any of the long slender chains of cells into which some algae and fungi are divided

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Ornithol the barb of a down feather

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy any slender structure or part, such as the tail of a spermatozoon; filum

7. Astronomy

a.  (Astronomy) a long structure of relatively cool material in the solar corona

b.  a long large-scale cluster of galaxies

[from New Latin fīlāmentum, from Medieval Latin fīlāre to spin, from Latin fīlum thread]

filamentary  [ˌfɪləˈmɛntərɪ -trɪ], filamentous 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 Some models use a carbon filament.

Translations

filament [ˈfɪləmənt] N (Elec) → filamento m

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filament [ˈfɪləmənt] n → filament m

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filament

n (Elec) → (Glüh- or Heiz)faden m; (Bot) → Staubfaden m

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filament [ˈfɪləmənt] n → filamento

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filament [ˈfɪləmənt] n → filamento

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filament

n filament [ˈfiləmənt]

something very thin shaped like a thread, especially the thin wire in an electric light bulb. veseltjie; filament خَيط، سِلْك влакно vlákno tynd tråd; glødetråd der Faden νήμα filamento (hõõg)niit مفتول نازک؛ افروزه lanka filament חוּט לַהַט तंतु, रेशा vlakno, nit, konac (izzó)szál sesuatu yang berbentuk seperti benang hárfínn þráður filamento, filo フィラメント 필라멘트 siūlelis, vielelė pavediens; kvēldiegs filamen fijne draad tynn tråd; glødetråd drucik żarowy filamento filament нить накала vlákno nitka vlakno fin tråd, glödtråd ลวดเส้นบาง ๆ ที่ให้กระแสไฟผ่านในหลอดไฟ tel, flaman 細絲, 燈絲 волокнинка; нитка розжарення باریک ریشہ ، برقی رو گزار ریشہ dây tóc 细丝, 灯丝