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   filament

   /ˈfɪləm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures: "each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments"
   • ▪ the slender part of a stamen that supports the anther.
   • ▪ a slender, elongated body of luminous gas or other material in the sun’s atmosphere, a nebula, or interstellar space.
   • 2. a conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or thermionic valve and heated or made incandescent by an electric current.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, or from modern Latin filamentum, from late Latin filare ‘to spin’, from Latin filum ‘thread’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. filamentary adjective
   • 2. filamented adjective
   • 3. filamentous adjective

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