You can see the filament inside the light bulb.
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Filament
//ˈfɪləmənt//
Synonyms for "filament" (29 found)
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11 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
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4 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
70 translations across 29 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- сүс noun (fine thread or wire)
Bulgarian
4 entries- влакно́ noun (continuous object, limited in length only by its spool)
- жи́чка noun (fine thread or wire)
- жи́чка noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- ни́шка noun (fine thread or wire)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 燈絲 /灯丝 noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- 纖維 /纤维 noun (fine thread or wire)
- 花絲 /花丝 noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Czech
3 entries- drátek noun (fine thread or wire)
- nitka noun (fine thread or wire)
- vlákno noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Danish
4 entries- fiber noun (fine thread or wire)
- glødetråd noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- støvtråd noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
- tråd noun (fine thread or wire)
Finnish
4 entries- hehkulanka noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- kuitu noun (fine thread or wire)
- palho noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
- säie noun (fine thread or wire)
French
2 entries- filament noun (fine thread or wire)
- filament noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Galician
3 entries- filamento noun (fine thread or wire)
- filamento noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- filamento noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
German
2 entries- Faser noun (fine thread or wire)
- Glühwendel noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Hebrew
1 entries- חוט להט noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Hungarian
4 entries- izzószál noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- porzószál noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
- rost noun (fine thread or wire)
- szál noun (fine thread or wire)
Icelandic
1 entries- frjóþráður noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Italian
2 entries- filamento noun (fine thread or wire)
- filamento noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Japanese
3 entries- フィラメント noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- 繊維 noun (fine thread or wire)
- 花糸 noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Korean
2 entries- 선조 noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- 필라멘트 noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Latin
1 entries- fibra noun (fine thread or wire)
Manx
1 entries- faast noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Māori
4 entries- kaka noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
- kakawaea noun (fine thread or wire)
- kakawaea noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- waea rauangi noun (fine thread or wire)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- filament noun (fine thread or wire)
- filament noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- filament noun (fine thread or wire)
- filament noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ایپلك noun (fine thread or wire)
Polish
1 entries- żarnik noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Portuguese
3 entries- filamento noun (fine thread or wire)
- filamento noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- filamento noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Russian
4 entries- волокно́ noun (fine thread or wire)
- волокно́ noun (continuous object, limited in length only by its spool)
- волосо́к noun (fine thread or wire)
- волосо́к noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अंशु noun (fine thread or wire)
Spanish
3 entries- brenca noun (fine thread or wire)
- filamento noun (fine thread or wire)
- filamento noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Swedish
2 entries- glödtråd noun (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- ståndarsträng noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Tagalog
1 entries- walidwid noun (fine thread or wire)
Thai
1 entries- ก้านชูอับเรณู noun (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
A new spool of filament has been delivered.
Source: tatoeba (10460396)
The sun spat out a more than 804,672-km-long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s corona.
Source: tatoeba (11217986)
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.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.
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