filament Meaning and Definition
1. n. a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
2. n. a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
3. n. the stalk of a stamen
4. n. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
The word Filament, which is descended from Latin filum = "thread", is used in English for a variety of thread-like structures, including:
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