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Definition of FILAMENT

Filament
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.

Meaning of FILAMENT from wikipedia

- Look up filament or filamentous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word filament, which is descended from Latin filum meaning "thread", is used in...
- heating a filament until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a gl**** bulb that is either evacuated or filled with inert gas to protect the filament from...
- In cosmology, galaxy filaments are the largest known structures in the universe, consisting of walls of galactic superclusters. These m****ive, thread-like...
- Carbon filament may refer to: A carbon filament in an incandescent light bulb Filaments in the synthesis of carbon fibre Filamentous carbon This disambiguation...
- Filamentation is the anomalous growth of certain bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, in which cells continue to elongate but do not divide (no septa formation)...
- 3D printing filament is the thermoplastic feedstock for fused deposition modeling 3D printers. There are many types of filament available with different...
- A LED filament light bulb is a LED lamp which is designed to resemble a traditional incandescent light bulb with visible filaments for aesthetic and light...
- form the androecium. A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament and an anther which contains microsporangia. Most commonly anthers are...
- The term polar filament may refer to either of two analogous structures used for host invasion by different groups of parasites: Myxozoa (Metazoa) and...
- According to the sliding filament theory, the myosin (thick filaments) of muscle fibers slide past the actin (thin filaments) during muscle contraction...