English edit

 
a filament of solar material
 
a glowing light bulb filament

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (to spin, draw out in a long line), from Latin fīlum (thread).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪləmənt/
  • (file)

Noun edit

filament (plural filaments)

  1. A fine thread or wire.
  2. Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
    • 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
      Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.
  3. (physics, astronomy) 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.
    solar filament
    galaxy filament
    the Ursa Major Filament
  4. (botany) The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
  5. (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

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Etymology edit

From Medieval Latin fīlāmentum.

Noun edit

filament n (singular definite filamentet, plural indefinite filamenter)

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filament m (plural filaments)

  1. filament

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology edit

From Medieval Latin fīlāmentum.

Noun edit

filament n (definite singular filamentet, indefinite plural filament or filamenter, definite plural filamenta or filamentene)

  1. a filament

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology edit

From Medieval Latin fīlāmentum.

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filament n (definite singular filamentet, indefinite plural filament, definite plural filamenta)

  1. a filament

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French filament, from Latin filamentum.

Noun edit

filament n (plural filamente)

  1. filament

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