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Filament
ˈfɪləm(ə)nt
Filament definitions
noun
filament
filaments
- a slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures
"fungi live in a hidden world, often below the ground, connected by a web of very small filaments"
- the slender part of a stamen that supports the anther
- a conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or thermionic valve and heated or made incandescent by an electric current
- a slender, elongated body of luminous gas or other material in the sun’s atmosphere, a nebula, or interstellar space
- a giant thread-like formation composed of clusters of galaxies. Galaxy filaments consist mainly of dark matter to which visible matter is gravitationally bound