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.