noun🔗ShareFilament, filA fine thread or wire."The light bulb contained thin filaments that glowed when electricity passed through them. "L'ampoule contenait de fins filaments qui brillaient lorsque l'électricité les traversait.materialparttechnologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFilamentSuch 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. "L'ancienne lampe vacillait parce que l'un des filaments à l'intérieur de l'ampoule était cassé.materialtechnologyphysicsenergyelectronicsdeviceelectricChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFilamentsA 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"Filament galactiqueastronomyphysicsspacephenomenasciencestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLe filament, le filetThe stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther."The tiny anthers, heavy with pollen, bobbed at the ends of the flower's delicate filaments. "Les minuscules anthères, chargées de pollen, oscillaient au bout des délicats filaments de la fleur.biologyplantpartstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFilamentsA 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. "L'imprimante 3D utilise des filaments de plastique, les alimentant en continu à partir d'une bobine pour construire le modèle couche par couche.materialthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
