filament – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: fiber,
fibre,
stem,
stalk,
anatomical structure,
bodily structure,
structure,
body structure,
complex body part,
conducting wire,
wire
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
Filament
The word
Filament, which is descended from Latin
filum = "thread", is used in English for a variety of thread-like structures, including:
In commerce
filament
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
Filament (das)
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)
filament
nm.
filament; trickle
