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1. (n.) filament
a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril:
filaments of gold.
2. filament
the stalklike portion of a stamen, supporting the anther.
3. filament
(in an incandescent lamp) the threadlike conductor, often of tungsten, that is heated to incandescence by the passage of current.
4. filament
the heating element of a vacuum tube, resembling the filament in an incandescent lamp.
Etymology: (1585–95; < NL fīlāmentum < LL fīlā(re)(see file1))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fibril, filament, strand
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
2. (noun) filament
the stalk of a stamen
3. (noun) filament, filum
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
4. (noun) filament
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) filament
a thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. filament
A thin long piece of a solid substance. In general it is so thin as to act almost like a thread, to be capable of standing considerable flexure. The distinction between filament and rod has been of much importance in some patent cases concerning incandescent lamps. As used by electricians the term generally applies to the carbon filament of incandescent lamps. This as now made has not necessarily any fibres, but is entitled to the name of filament, partly by convention, partly by its relative thinness and want of stiffness. (See Incandescent Lamps--Magnetic Filament.)
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Sense: something very thin shaped like a thread, especially the thin wire in an electric light bulb.
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 Afrikaans: veseltjie; filament |
 Arabic: خَيط، سِلْك |
 Bulgarian: влакно |
 Brazilian: filamento |
 Czech: vlákno |
 German: der Faden |
 Danish: tynd tråd; glødetråd |
 Greek: νήμα |
 Spanish: filamento |
 Estonian: (hõõg)niit |
 Farsi: مفتول نازک؛ افروزه |
 Finnish: lanka |
 French: filament |
 Hebrew: חוּט לַהַט |
 Hindi: तंतु, रेशा |
 Croatian: vlakno, nit, konac |
 Hungarian: (izzó)szál |
 Indonesian: sesuatu yang berbentuk se |
 Icelandic: hárfínn þráður |
 Italian: filamento, filo |
 Japanese: フィラメント |
 Korean: 필라멘트 |
 Lithuanian: siūlelis, vielelė |
 Latvian: pavediens; kvēldiegs |
 Malay: filamen |
 Dutch: fijne draad |
 Norwegian: tynn tråd; glødetråd |
 Polish: drucikżarowy |
 Persian: مفتول نازک؛ افروزه |
 Pashto: ريښكۍ، تار، ډكى، ميريا ډن |
 Portuguese: filamento |
 Romanian: filament |
 Russian: нить накала |
 Slovak: vlákno |
 Slovenian: nitka |
 Serbian: vlakno |
 Swedish: fin tråd, glödtråd |
 Thai: ลวดเส้นบาง ๆ ที่ให้กระแสไ |
 Turkish: tel, flaman |
 Taiwanese: 細絲，燈絲 |
 Ukrainian: волокнинка; нитка розжаре |
 Urdu: باریک ریشہ ، برقی رو گزار |
 Vietnamese: dây tóc |
 Chinese: 细丝，灯丝 |
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