filament (n.)

  1. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

    [ Syn: fibril , strand ]

  2. the stalk of a stamen

  3. a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

    [ Syn: filum ]

  4. a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

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