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filiform

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fil·i·form  (fl-fôrm, fl-)
adj.
Having the form of or resembling a thread or filament.
[Latin flum, thread; see gwh- in Indo-European roots + -form.]
filiform [ˈfɪlɪˌfɔːm ˈfaɪ-]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology having the form of a thread
[from Latin fīlum thread]
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Adj.1.filiform - thin in diameter; resembling a thread
filamentlike, filamentous, threadlike, thready
thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"


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Anchored in disjointed concrete slabs, nine hundred filiform aluminum tubes bent into cumulatively chaotic or "accidental" patterns provide a spectacle suggestive less of some sudden impact than of a more general exertion of physical for ces--the succumbing of tensile strength to excessive stress, whether natural or man-made, instantaneous or prolonged.
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