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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