filament

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləmənt/

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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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• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪlamɛnt]
• Hyphenation: fi‧la‧ment

filament m inan

1. filament

• “filament”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum.

filament n (singular definite filamentet, plural indefinite filamenter)

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• “filament” in Den Danske Ordbog

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filament m (plural filaments)

1. filament

• “filament”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Medieval Latin fīlāmentum.

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

1. a filament

• “filament” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Medieval Latin fīlāmentum.

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

1. a filament

Borrowed from French filament, from Latin filamentum.

filament n (plural filamente)

1. filament