filament
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#FILAMENTCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#FILAMENT fīlāmentum, from Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#FILAMENT fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#FILAMENT fīlum (“thread”).
Pronunciation
Noun
filament (plural filaments)Category:English lemmas#FILAMENTCategory:English nouns#FILAMENTCategory:English countable nouns#FILAMENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with entries#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FILAMENT
- A fine thread or wire.
- Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
- 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
- Lighting was unimaginative for the standard stock with naked tungsten filament bulbs and metal reflectors. However, all compartments had individual reading lights above the seats with attractive glass shades.Category:English terms with quotations#FILAMENT
- (physicsCategory:en:Physics#FILAMENT, astronomyCategory:en:Astronomy#FILAMENT) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
- solar filamentCategory:English terms with usage examples#FILAMENT
- galaxy filamentCategory:English terms with usage examples#FILAMENT
- the Ursa Major FilamentCategory:English terms with usage examples#FILAMENT
- (botanyCategory:en:Botany#FILAMENT) The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
- (textilesCategory:en:Textiles#FILAMENT) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
- (3D printingCategory:en:3D printing#FILAMENT) A spool of plastic used as a material for 3D-printed objects.
Derived terms
- biofilament
- cofilament
- filamental
- filamentary
- filamentation
- filamented
- filamenteous
- filamentiferous
- filamenting
- filamentless
- filamentlike
- filament of galaxies
- filamentoid
- filamentous
- filament tape
- filamin
- galaxy filament
- granulofilament
- heterofilament
- homofilament
- interfilament
- intermediate filament
- macrofilament
- melanofilament
- microfilament
- minifilament
- monofilament
- multifilament
- myofilament
- nanofilament
- neurofilament
- nonfilament
- nucleofilament
- polyfilament
- protofilament
- pseudofilament
- sliding filament model
- solar filament
- superfilament
- tonofilament
- vortex filament
Translations
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Anagrams
Category:en:Plant anatomy#FILAMENTCzech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɪlamɛnt]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#FILAMENT
- Hyphenation: fi‧la‧ment
Noun
filament m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#FILAMENTCategory:Czech nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#FILAMENTCategory:Czech masculine nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with entries#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FILAMENT
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | filament | filamenty |
| genitive | filamentu | filamentů |
| dative | filamentu | filamentům |
| accusative | filament | filamenty |
| vocative | filamente | filamenty |
| locative | filamentu | filamentech |
| instrumental | filamentem | filamenty |
Further reading
- “filament”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval LatinCategory:Danish terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#FILAMENTCategory:Danish terms derived from Medieval Latin#FILAMENT fīlāmentum.
Noun
filament n (singular definite filamentet, plural indefinite filamenter)Category:Danish lemmas#FILAMENTCategory:Danish nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#FILAMENTCategory:Danish neuter nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with entries#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FILAMENT
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Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | filament | filamentet | filamenter | filamenterne |
| genitive | filaments | filamentets | filamenters | filamenternes |
References
French
Pronunciation
Noun
filament m (plural filaments)Category:French lemmas#FILAMENTCategory:French nouns#FILAMENTCategory:French countable nouns#FILAMENTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#FILAMENTCategory:French masculine nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with entries#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FILAMENT
Further reading
- “filament”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Medieval LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#FILAMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Medieval Latin#FILAMENT fīlāmentum.
Noun
filament n (definite singular filamentet, indefinite plural filament or filamenter, definite plural filamenta or filamentene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#FILAMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#FILAMENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with entries#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FILAMENT
- a filament
References
- “filament” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Medieval LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#FILAMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Medieval Latin#FILAMENT fīlāmentum.
Noun
filament n (definite singular filamentet, indefinite plural filament, definite plural filamenta)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#FILAMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#FILAMENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with entries#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FILAMENT
- a filament
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#FILAMENTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#FILAMENT filament, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#FILAMENT filamentum.
Noun
filament n (plural filamente)Category:Romanian lemmas#FILAMENTCategory:Romanian nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#FILAMENTCategory:Romanian countable nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#FILAMENTCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with entries#FILAMENTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#FILAMENT
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | filament | filamentul | filamente | filamentele |
| genitive-dative | filament | filamentului | filamente | filamentelor |
| vocative | filamentule | filamentelor | ||