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Filament

nounid 56198·updated May 18, 2026
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a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
filumstrand
plural
Filaments
possessive
Filament's
pluralpossessive
Filaments'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
§2
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
§3
the stalk of a stamen
§4
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
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