Defenition of the word filament
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Defenition of the word filament
- The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
- a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
- a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
- the stalk of a stamen
- a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells
- a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
Synonyms for the word filament
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- fiber
- fibril
- filum
- strand
- string
- thread
- wool
- yarn
Similar words in the filament
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- filament
- filament's
- filamentous
- filaments
Meronymys for the word filament
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- bulb
- electric light
- electric-light bulb
- incandescent lamp
- light bulb
- lightbulb
Hyponyms for the word filament
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- barb
- chromatid
- cobweb
- gossamer
- hair
- hypha
- myofibril
- myofibrilla
- paraphysis
- pilus
- rhizoid
- sarcostyle
Hypernyms for the word filament
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- anatomical structure
- bodily structure
- body structure
- complex body part
- conducting wire
- fiber
- fibre
- stalk
- stem
- structure
- wire
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