| 单词 | filament | 
| 释义 | fil·a·ment   (fĭlə-mənt) n. 1.  A fine or very thin thread or fiber: filaments of cloth; filaments of flax. 2.  A slender or threadlike structure or part, especially: a.  A fine wire that is heated electrically to produce light in an incandescent lamp. b.  The stalk that bears the anther in the stamen of a flower. c.  A chainlike series of cells, as in many algae. d.  A long thin cellular structure characteristic of many fungi, usually having multiple nuclei and often divided by septa. e.  Any of various long thin celestial objects or phenomena, such as a solar filament. [New Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlāre, to spin, from Latin fīlum, thread; see  gwhī- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] fil′a·mentous (-mĕntəs),  fil′a·menta·ry (-mĕntə-rē, -mĕntrē) adj. | 
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