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- DictionaryFil·a·ment/ˈfiləmənt/
noun
- 1. a slender threadlike object or fiber, especially one found in animal or plant structures: "each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments"
- 2. a conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or vacuum tube and heated or made incandescent by an electric current.
The meaning of FILAMENT is a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage. How to use filament in a sentence.
Filament definition: a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril. See examples of FILAMENT used in a sentence.
FILAMENT meaning: 1. a thin thread or fibre of natural or artificial material: 2. a thin wire, especially one that…. Learn more.
FILAMENT definition: 1. a thin thread or fibre of natural or artificial material: 2. a thin wire, especially one that…. Learn more.
The stamen of a flower — the part that produces pollen — consists of a slender stalk, called a filament and an anther. The filament supports the anther, which is where pollen develops.
A filament is the thin wire inside a light bulb that emits light when heated by an electric current. The incandescent light bulb makes light by heating a metal filament wire to a high temperature until it glows.
1. A fine or very thin thread or fiber: filaments of cloth; filaments of flax. 2. A slender or threadlike structure or part, especially: a. A fine wire that is heated electrically to produce light in an incandescent lamp. b. The stalk that bears the anther in the stamen of a flower. c. A chainlike series of cells, as in many algae. d.
(physics, astronomy) A massive, thread -like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe. Solar filament. Galaxy filament. The Ursa Major Filament.
Definition of filament noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Filament definition: a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril. See examples of FILAMENT used in a sentence.
