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filamentary

filamentary adjective: of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.

Adjective

filamentary (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.

Synonyms of filamentary

Origin of filamentary

From filament + -ary.

Words formed from filamentary

Questions about filamentary

What does filamentary mean?
Filamentary means of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.
What part of speech is filamentary?
Filamentary is an adjective.

Words near filamentary in the dictionary

  1. filament of galaxies
  2. filament tape
  3. filament tapes
  4. filamental
  5. filamentar
  6. filamentary
  7. filamentation
  8. filamentations
  9. filamented
  10. filamenteous
  11. filamentiferous

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