The word filament, which is descended from Latin ''filum'' meaning "
thread
Thread may refer to:
Objects
* Thread (yarn), a kind of thin yarn used for sewing
** Thread (unit of measurement), a cotton yarn measure
* Screw thread, a helical ridge on a cylindrical fastener
Arts and entertainment
* ''Thread'' (film), 2016 ...
", is used in English for a variety of thread-like structures, including:
Astronomy
*
Galaxy filament, the largest known cosmic structures in the universe
* Solar filament, a
solar prominence seen against the disc of the sun
Biology
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Myofilament, filaments of myofibrils constructed from proteins
*
Protein filament, a long chain of protein subunits, such as those found in hair or muscle
* Part of a
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
, the male part of a flower
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Hypha
A hypha (; ) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium.
Structure
A hypha consists of one or ...
, a thread-like cell in fungi and Actinobacteria
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Filamentation
Filamentation is the anomalous growth of certain bacteria, such as ''Escherichia coli'', in which cells continue to elongate but do not divide (no septa formation). The cells that result from elongation without division have multiple chromosomal c ...
, an elongation of individual bacterial cells
Textiles
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Fiber, natural or manmade substances significantly longer than they are wide
*
Yarn (more loosely)
*
Filament fiber
A staple fiber is a textile fiber of discrete length. The opposite is a filament fiber, which comes in continuous lengths. Staple length is a characteristic fiber length of a sample of staple fibers. It is an essential criterion in yarn spinning a ...
, fiber that comes in a continuous long length
Media
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''Filament'' (magazine), a female-oriented erotica magazine
* 2002 movie by
Jinsei Tsuji
is a Tokyo-born Japanese writer, composer, and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his name. He debuted as a writer in 1989. His books and stories have be ...
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Filament (band)
Filament is a musical group from Japan that consists of Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M, two of the major exponents of the electroacoustic improvisation style of music.
The two played as a duo for the first time on November 5, 1995 in London, but i ...
, a musical group from Japan
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Filament Games, a Wisconsin-based educational video game developer
*
Filament Productions, a production design and touring video company
Physics and engineering
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Electrical filament
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated until it glows. The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb with a vacuum or inert gas to protect the filament from oxid ...
, in an incandescent light bulb
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Heater filament
In vacuum tubes and gas-filled tubes, a hot cathode or thermionic cathode is a cathode electrode which is heated to make it emit electrons due to thermionic emission. This is in contrast to a cold cathode, which does not have a heating element. ...
, a thin heating element in a vacuum tube
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Current filament, a current restricted to a small part of the conducting medium
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Filament propagation, diffractionless propagation of a light beam
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3D printing filament
3D printing filament is the thermoplastic feedstock for fused deposition modeling 3D printers. There are many types of filament available with different properties.
Filament comes in a range of diameters, most commonly 1.75 mm and 2.85 mm, with ...
, used as raw material in 3D printing
See also
*
Monofilament (disambiguation)
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