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Word: Filament
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century: from French, or from modern Latin filamentum, from late Latin filare ‘to spin’, from Latin filum ‘thread’
ˈfɪləm(ə)nt
a slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures
Short Definition:slender threadlike object or fibre
Examples:- each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments
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.
Short Definition:wire heated or made incandescent by electric current
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