Synonyms for filament

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fil-uh-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl ə mənt

Définition of filament

Origin : 1590s, from Modern Latin filamentum, from Late Latin filare "to spin, draw out in a long line," from Latin filum "thread" (see file (v.)).

noun thin strand

Example sentences :

The filament current of an audion-bulb averages about one ampere.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

Close to the filament is a graphite disk which serves as one of the electrodes.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

She had no remains of tenderness left for him: not a filament.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

There is no oxygen to combine with the filament; so the lamp does not burn out.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

When the filament breaks, an electric lamp will no longer glow.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

They consist usually of two parts, the Filament and Anther, not yet described.
Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin

These rootlets, like the rest of the filament, are undivided by walls.
Extract from : « Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany » by Douglas Houghton Campbell

This thread or filament is the basis of the silk textile industry.
Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway

To complete a circuit, the current must flow through this wire or filament.
Extract from : « Electricity for the farm » by Frederick Irving Anderson

A filament is that which is threadlike; as, the filament of silk, or flax.
Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins

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