- Filament
- A coil of tungsten wire suspended in a vacuum or inert gas-filled bulb. When heated by electricity the tungsten "filament" glows.
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Filament
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filament — [ filamɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1539; bas lat. filamentum, de filum « fil » 1 ♦ Production organique longue et fine comme un fil. Filaments de bave, de moisissures. « je vis cette matière épaisse se résoudre lentement et par degrés en filaments » (Buffon).… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Filament — may refer to:In physics and electrical engineering* Electrical filament * Current filament * Filament propagation, diffractionless propagation of a light beam * Hot cathode, a filament in a vacuum tube that emits electronsIn astronomy* Galaxy… … Wikipedia
filament — FILAMÉNT, filamente, s.n. 1. Formaţie filiformă a unor celule animale sau vegetale. ♦ Parte a staminei care susţine antera 2. Conductor subţire, de obicei de metal, care devine incandescent, când este străbătut de curent electric. 3. Formaţie… … Dicționar Român
Filament — Fil a*ment, n. [F. filament, fr. L. filum thread. See {File} a row.] A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Filamént — (lat.), Fadenwerk, Gefaser; in der Botanik soviel wie Staubfaden … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Filamént — (lat.), Fadenwerk, Gefaser; feinste Nerven und Sehnenfäden; in der Botanik s.v.w. Staubfaden … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Filament — Filament, Staubfaden, Teil eines ⇒ Staubblatts, der die Anthere trägt … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
filament — 1590s, from Mod.L. filamentum, from L.L. filare to spin, draw out in a long line, from L. filum thread (see FILE (Cf. file) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
filament — Filament. s. m. Petit fil, petit brin long & delié semblable à celuy qui se tire de l escorce du chanvre ou du lin. Les filaments des plantes. les filaments des herbes. Il se dit aussi en parlant des nerfs & des muscles, &c. Les nerfs sont pleins … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
filament — ► NOUN 1) a slender thread like object or fibre. 2) a metal wire in an electric light bulb, which glows white hot when an electric current is passed through it. 3) Botany the slender part of a stamen that supports the anther. DERIVATIVES… … English terms dictionary
filament — [fil′ə mənt] n. [Fr < ML filamentum < LL filare, to spin < L filum: see FILE1] 1. a very slender thread or fiber 2. a threadlike part; specif., a) the fine metal wire in a light bulb which becomes incandescent when heated by an electric… … English World dictionary
