filament
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin filamentum, from Late Latin filare (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin filum (“thread”)
Noun[edit]
filament (plural filaments)
- A fine thread or wire.
- Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
- (physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
- solar filament
- galaxy filament
- the Ursa Major Filament
- (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
- (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
Translations[edit]
fine thread or wire
wire in an incandescent light bulb
stalk of a stamen in a flower
continuous object, limited in length only by its spool
