Filament

/ˈfɪləmənt/

Synonyms for "filament" (53 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

16 entries
anatomical structureastronomical structurebodily structurebody structurecomplex body partconducting wirecosmic structureelectrical componentfiberfibrelamp partstalkstemstructurethreadlike structurewire

More specific

8 entries
actin filamentcarbon filamentgalactic filamentgalaxy filamentintracluster filamentmicrofilamentmyofilamenttungsten filament

Collocations

6 entries
actin filamentcarbon filamentcosmic filamentintracluster filamentmicrofilamenttungsten filament

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • влакно́ noun (continuous object, limited in length only by its spool)

Russian

1 entries
  • волокно́ noun (continuous object, limited in length only by its spool)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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You can see the filament inside the light bulb.

Source: tatoeba (10126308)

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

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