filament
/ˈfɪləmənt/
filament noun: a fine thread or wire.
Noun
filament (plural filaments)
- A fine thread or wire.
- Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
- Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398
- 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 stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
- A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
filament meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
filament in Tamil
- இழை, கம்பி இழை, மின்னிழை, படலம், நீளிழை, நுண்ணிழை
filament in Telugu
- filament
- తంతువు tantuvu
filament in Malayalam
- നൂല്, തന്തു, നാര്, ലോഹതന്തു
filament in Kannada
- ಕುಸುರು, ಎಳೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- filament in Sanskrit
- अंशु aṃśu
- filament in Tagalog
- walidwid
- filament in Thai
- ก้านชูอับเรณู gâan-chuu-àp-ree-nuu
Examples of filament in a sentence
- An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.
- One must thoriate the filament in order for it to be effective.
- Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
Forms of filament
| plural | filaments |
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Origin of filament
Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).
Words formed from filament
- biofilament
- cofilament
- filamental
- filamentary
- filamentation
- filamented
- filamenteous
- filamentiferous
- filamenting
- filamentless
- filamentlike
- filament of galaxies
- filamentoid
- filamentous
- filament tape
- filamin
- galaxy filament
- granulofilament
- heterofilament
- homofilament
- interfilament
- intermediate filament
- macrofilament
- melanofilament
- microfilament
- minifilament
- monofilament
- multifilament
- myofilament
- nanofilament
- neurofilament
- nonfilament
- nucleofilament
- polyfilament
- protofilament
- pseudofilament
- sebaceous filament
- sliding filament model
- solar filament
- superfilament
- tonofilament
- vortex filament
Phrases with filament
Questions about filament
- What does filament mean?
- Filament means a fine thread or wire.
- What is filament in Tamil?
- Filament in Tamil is இழை, கம்பி இழை, மின்னிழை. See Filament meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is filament?
- Filament is a noun.
- How do you pronounce filament?
- Filament is pronounced /ˈfɪləmənt/.
- What is the plural of filament?
- The plural of filament is filaments.
Words near filament in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: filament (page history and authors); filament (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తంతువు (Telugu) (page history and authors); filament (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); filament (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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