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Filament

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

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Senses

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a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

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the stalk of a stamen

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a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

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unclassified

Variants

synonym
filumstrand
plural
Filaments
possessive
Filament's
pluralpossessive
Filaments'