filament : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: filament	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
filament n a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: fibril, filament, strand] the stalk of a stamen a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) Synonym(s): filament, filum a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filament \Fil"a*ment\, n. [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.