filament, n.
(filaments)
(filaments)
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
<noun.artifact>
filament
semantic pointers
hypernym
part holonym
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
<noun.body>
filament filum
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the stalk of a stamen
<noun.plant>
filament
semantic pointers
hypernym
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
<noun.substance>
fibril filament strand
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym