filament has definitions from the fields of electricity,zoology,botany
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[ noun ] (zoology) a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells

Synonyms

filum

Related terms

structure hair

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[ noun ] (botany) the stalk of a stamen

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stalk

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[ noun ] a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Synonyms

strand fibril

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

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wire light_bulb

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