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Webster 1913 Edition


Filament

Fil′a-ment

,
Noun.
[F.
filament
, fr. L.
filum
thread. See
File
a row.]
A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber;
esp.
(Bot.)
,
the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

Webster 1828 Edition


Filament

FIL'AMENT

,
Noun.
[L. filamenta, threads, from filum.]
A thread; a fiber. In anatomy and natural history, a fine thread of which flesh, nerves, skin, plants, roots, &c., and also some minerals, are composed. So the spider's web is composed of filaments. The threadlike part of the stamens of plants, is called the filament.

Definition 2024


filament

filament

English

a filament of solar material
a glowing light bulb filament

Noun

filament (plural filaments)

  1. A fine thread or wire.
  2. Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
  3. (physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
    solar filament
    galaxy filament
    the Ursa Major Filament
  4. (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
  5. (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

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Noun

filament n (singular definite filamentet, plural indefinite filamenter)

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