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filament::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fibril, strand |
| Type of | fiber, fibre |
| Has types | myofibril, myofibrilla, gossamer, rhizoid, sarcostyle, paraphysis, hypha, cobweb, chromatid, barb |
| Derivation | filamentous |
filament::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | filum |
| Type of | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure |
| Has types | pilus, hair |
filament::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | conducting wire, wire |
Examples of filament
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Of course, a light bulb is also more visible just before its filament burns out.
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The cluster pair is connected by a filament permeated by hot X-ray emitting gas.
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A tiny portion of this filament is revealed in detail by the Hubble observation.
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The faster that water moved past a filament, the quicker the filament lost heat.
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In addition, the I-V characteristics are also independent of the filament shape.
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That remains to be seen, but a thematic filament, of sorts, connects the works.
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Real-time observation of RecA filament dynamics with single monomer resolution.
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Johnson's solution, said his son-in-law, was to come up with stronger filament.
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Upon penetration of space, filament relaxes inside tube and deploys into space.
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- Fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
- The stalk of a stamen
- A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
- A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
- Filament is a musical group from Japan that consists of Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M, two of the major exponents of the electroacoustic improvisation style of music.
- In physical cosmology, filaments are the largest known structures in the universe, thread-like structures with a typical length of 50 to 80 megaparsecs h-1 that form the boundaries between large voids in the universe. ...
- Filament is a quarterly magazine aimed at women, showcasing erotic photographs of men. Filament professes, through its tagline, to be "The thinking woman's crumpet". Unlike other magazines for women that have featured solely muscular men, Filament features a wide variety of men. ...
- A prominence is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop shape. Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun's corona. ...
- Staple is a term referring to naturally formed clusters or locks of wool fibres throughout a fleece that are held together by cross fibres.
