filament

fil·a·ment

F0116700 (fĭl′ə-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.

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[New Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlāre, to spin, from Latin fīlum, thread; see g^whī- in Indo-European roots.]

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fil′a·men′tous (-mĕn′təs), fil′a·men′ta·ry (-mĕn′tə-rē, -mĕn′trē) adj.

filament

(ˈfɪləmənt) n1. (Electrical Engineering) the thin wire, usually tungsten, inside a light bulb that emits light when heated to incandescence by an electric current2. (Electrical Engineering) electronics a high-resistance wire or ribbon, forming the cathode in some valves3. (Textiles) a single strand of a natural or synthetic fibre; fibril4. (Botany) botany a. the stalk of a stamenb. any of the long slender chains of cells into which some algae and fungi are divided5. (Zoology) ornithol the barb of a down feather6. (Anatomy) anatomy any slender structure or part, such as the tail of a spermatozoon; filum (Astronomy) a long structure of relatively cool material in the solar corona[C16: from New Latin fīlāmentum, from Medieval Latin fīlāre to spin, from Latin fīlum thread] filamentary, ˌfilaˈmentous adj

fil•a•ment

(ˈfɪl ə mənt)

n. 1. a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold. 2. the stalklike portion of a stamen, supporting the anther. 3. (in an incandescent lamp) the threadlike conductor, often of tungsten, that is heated to incandescence by the passage of current. 4. the heating element of a vacuum tube, resembling the filament in an incandescent lamp. [1585–95; < New Latin fīlāmentum < Late Latin fīlā(re)(see file¹)] fil`a•men′ta•ry (-ˈmɛn tə ri) fil`a•men′tous, adj.

fil·a·ment

(fĭl′ə-mənt)1. A fine or slender thread, wire, or fiber.2. The part of a stamen that supports the anther of a flower; the stalk of a stamen. See more at flower.3. A fine wire that is enclosed in the bulb of an incandescent lamp and gives off light when an electric current is passed through it.4. A wire that acts as the cathode in some electron tubes when it is heated with an electric current.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	filament - a very slender natural or synthetic fiberfibril, strandbarb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feathercobweb, gossamer - filaments from a web that was spun by a spiderchromatid - one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosismyofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle - one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiberrhizoid - any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etchypha - any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungusparaphysis - a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbedfiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
	2.	filament - the stalk of a stamenstalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
	3.	filament - a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)filumanatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"pilus, hair - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
	4.	filament - a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric currentelectric light, electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb, bulb - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricityconducting wire, wire - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

filament

noun strand, string, wire, fibre, thread, staple, wisp, cilium (Biology & Zoology), fibril, pile Some models use a carbon filament.

filament

nounA very fine continuous strand:fiber, fibril, thread.

Translations

灯丝细丝

filament

(ˈfiləmənt) noun something very thin shaped like a thread, especially the thin wire in an electric light bulb. 細絲，燈絲 细丝，灯丝