filament

n. fiber, thin threadlike object; thin wire; thin conductor which heats up and emits light in response to an electrical current (in an incandescent light bulb); heating element of a vacuum tube

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Noun
1. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
(synonym) fibril, strand
(hypernym) fiber, fibre
(hyponym) barb
2. the stalk of a stamen
(hypernym) stalk, stem
3. a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells
(synonym) filum
(hypernym) structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
(hyponym) hair, pilus
4. a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
(hypernym) wire, conducting wire
(part-holonym) light bulb, lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulb

n. filament, fiber, thin threadlike object; thin wire; thin conductor which heats up and emits light in response to an electrical current (in an incandescent light bulb); heating element of a vacuum tube; thin thread-like part of the stamen (Botany)

nm. filament; trickle