Filament definition

Filament

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WordNet

(1) A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

(2) A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

(3) The stalk of a stamen

(4) A very slender natural or synthetic fiber

WiktionaryText

a fine thread or wire
such a wire, heated to glowing, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve
The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
In textiles, a continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length