单词 | filament |
释义 | filament n.   1. a slender threadlike body or fibre (esp. in animal or vegetable structures).   2. a conducting wire or thread with a high melting-point in an electric bulb or thermionic valve, heated or made incandescent by an electric current.   3. Bot. the part of the stamen that supports the anther.   4. archaic (of air, light, etc.) a notional train of particles following each other. Derivatives filamentary adj. filamented adj. filamentous adj. Etymology: F filament or mod.L filamentum f. LL filare spin f. L filum thread |
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