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- Dictionaryfil·a·ment/ˈfiləmənt/
noun
- 1. a slender threadlike object or fiber, especially one found in animal or plant structures: "each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments"
- 2. a conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or vacuum tube and heated or made incandescent by an electric current.
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A filament is a single thread or a thin flexible threadlike object, process, or appendage. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related articles of filament from Merriam-Webster.
A filament is a thin thread or fibre of natural or artificial material, or a thin wire, especially one that lights up inside an electric light bulb. Learn more about the word filament, its synonyms, related words, and usage examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Filament definition: a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril. See examples of FILAMENT used in a sentence.
Filament is a noun that means a thin thread or fiber of natural or artificial material, or a thin wire, especially one that lights up inside an electric light bulb. Learn more about the word, see examples and translations in different languages.
Definitions of filament. noun. a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current. see more. noun. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber. synonyms: fibril, strand. see more. noun. a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) synonyms: filum. see more. noun. the stalk of a stamen. see more.
A filament is a very thin piece or thread of something, such as the wire in a light bulb or the stalk of a stamen. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, and usage of filament in different contexts.
A filament is a fine or very thin thread or fiber, or a slender or threadlike structure or part. Learn about different types of filaments in electricity, botany, zoology, and astronomy.
