noun🔗ShareA fine thread or wire."The light bulb contained thin filaments that glowed when electricity passed through them. "materialparttechnologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSuch a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve."The old lamp flickered because one of the filaments inside the bulb was broken. "materialtechnologyphysicsenergyelectronicsdeviceelectricChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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."galaxy filament"astronomyphysicsspacephenomenasciencestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther."The tiny anthers, heavy with pollen, bobbed at the ends of the flower's delicate filaments. "biologyplantpartstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length."The 3D printer uses filaments of plastic, continuously feeding them from a spool to build the model layer by layer. "materialthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
