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filament
1. A very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril; such as, filaments of gold.
2. A single fibril of natural or synthetic textile fiber, of indefinite length, sometimes several miles long.
3. A long slender cell or series of attached cells; such as, in some algae and fungi.
4. In botany, the stalklike portion of a stamen, supporting the anther.
5. In a light bulb or other incandescent lamp; the threadlike conductor, often of tungsten, in the bulb that is heated to incandescence by the passage of current.
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(Latin: curl, ringlet; tuft of hair, fringe; by extension, filament, tendril)
(Latin: small fiber or filament)
(Latin: a minute fiber or filament; often a component of a compound fiber)
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filament yarn
A large number of filaments that can be given texture by twisting, crimping, and/or treated with heat.
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filament (s), filaments (pl)
Metallic wires which are heated in incandescent lamps so they can produce light.