filament
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(noun) a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current |
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Related Words: conducting wire, wire |
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(noun) a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells |
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Synonyms: filum |
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Related Words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure |
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(noun) the stalk of a stamen |
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Related Words: stalk, stem |
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(noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber |
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Synonyms: fibril, strand |
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Related Words: barb, chromatid, cobweb, fiber, fibre, gossamer, hypha, myofibril, myofibrilla, paraphysis, rhizoid, sarcostyle |
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