noun Download 🔗Share A fine thread or wire. Examples : "The light bulb contained thin filaments that glowed when electricity passed through them. " material part technology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve. Examples : "The old lamp flickered because one of the filaments inside the bulb was broken. " material technology physics energy electronics device electric Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "galaxy filament" astronomy physics space phenomena science structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther. Examples : "The tiny anthers, heavy with pollen, bobbed at the ends of the flower's delicate filaments. " biology plant part structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length. Examples : "The 3D printer uses filaments of plastic, continuously feeding them from a spool to build the model layer by layer. " material thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
