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filamentation

filamentation noun: the growth of filaments.

filamentation: the growth of filaments
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Noun

filamentation (countable and uncountable, plural filamentations)

  1. The growth of filaments.
  2. An anomalous growth of certain bacteria in which they continue to elongate but do not divide.

Forms of filamentation

pluralfilamentations

Origin of filamentation

From filament + -ation.

Words formed from filamentation

Questions about filamentation

What does filamentation mean?
Filamentation means the growth of filaments.
What part of speech is filamentation?
Filamentation is a noun.
What is the plural of filamentation?
The plural of filamentation is filamentations.

Words near filamentation in the dictionary

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

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