Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: filament
IPA transcription: [f'ɪləmənt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: filament
    Meaning: a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
  • Synonyms: filament, filum
    Meaning: a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
  • Synonyms: filament
    Meaning: the stalk of a stamen
  • Synonyms: fibril, filament, strand
    Meaning: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Usage examples
  • They are not dragging anything, but are sort of helping the leader by crowding against him and eating little pieces out of the filament of his tail.
  • Proceeding logically upon these lines of thought and following them out through many ramifications, we have seen how he at length made a filament of carbon of high resistance and small radiating surface, and through a concurrent investigation of the phenomena of high vacua and occluded gases was able to produce a true incandescent lamp.