The meaning of Filament

ˈfɪl.ə.mənt

Filament – definition

noun
A slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures.
Usage examples:
Each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments
Synonims:
Fibre Thread Strand Tendril String Wire Cable Cord Fibril Cilium
noun
A conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or thermionic valve and heated or made incandescent by an electric current.
Usage examples:
A strong, alternating current heats a resistive filament, causing it to emit electrons.

noun
A thin thread or wire, esp. the wire inside a light bulb

Filament translation into English

Filament: translate from English into Chinese

灯丝, 线, 丝状物

Filament: translate from English into Dutch

Gloeidraad, Draad, Vezel, Kooldraad, Vezeltje

Filament: translate from English into French

Filament

Filament: translate from English into German

Filament, Glühfaden, Faden, Glühdraht, Staubfaden

Filament: translate from English into Hindi

फिलामेंट, रेशा, तंतु, सूत्र, तन्तु, बिजली के लम्प का न जलनेवाला तार, नस, केसर, सूत

Filament: translate from English into Italian

Filamento

Filament: translate from English into Korean

필라멘트, 섬사, 꽃실

Filament: translate from English into Russian

Нить, Волокно, Нить накала, Волосок

Filament: translate from English into Spanish

Filamento

Word origin

late 16th century: from French, or from modern Latin filamentum, from late Latin filare ‘to spin’, from Latin filum ‘thread’.

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Filament synonims

cable

ˈkeɪ.bəl

noun
A thick rope of wire or hemp used for construction, mooring ships, and towing vehicles.
Usage examples:
Steel cables held the convoy together

verb
Send a message to (someone) by cablegram.
Usage examples:
He cabled her to cancel all arrangements

noun
(a length of) wire, esp. twisted into thick, strong rope or used to carry electricity
Usage examples:
[ c ] they dug up the road in order to lay phone cables.

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cilium

ˈsɪl.i.əm

noun
A short microscopic hairlike vibrating structure found in large numbers on the surface of certain cells, either causing currents in the surrounding fluid, or, in some protozoans and other small organisms, providing propulsion.
Usage examples:
Some single-celled organisms called protists do in fact use cilia on their cell surface to swim thr…

noun
One of the very small parts like hairs on the surface of a cell that move regularly and keep the surrounding liquid moving around it or help an organism with only one cell to move

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cord

kɔːd

noun
Thin, flexible string or rope made from several twisted strands.
Usage examples:
Hang the picture from a rail on a length of cord

verb
Attach a cord to.
Usage examples:
You will need to cord the blind

All meanings and translations of Cord

fibre

ˈfaɪ.bər

noun
A thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.
Usage examples:
The basket comes lined with natural coco fibres

noun
A thread-like part made from plants or artificial material which can be made into products
Usage examples:
Natural fibres such as cotton tend to be cooler., artificial/man-made/synthetic fibre(s), they use …

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strand

strænd

verb
Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
Usage examples:
Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in france

noun
The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.
Usage examples:
A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

noun
A single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.
Usage examples:
Strands of coloured wool

All meanings and translations of Strand

tendril

ˈten.drəl

noun
A slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines round any suitable support.
Usage examples:
Shoots were cut, divided into stems with broad leaves, tendrils, flowers, and fruits.

noun
A thin stem of a plant that twists and curls, or anything similar, such as a curl of hair

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thread

noun
A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.
Usage examples:
He had a loose thread on his shirt

verb
Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).
Usage examples:
I can't even thread a needle

verb
A fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving

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wire

noun
Metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod.
Usage examples:
A coil of copper wire

verb
Install electric circuits or wires in.
Usage examples:
Wiring a plug

All meanings and translations of Wire

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