2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
filament
n 1: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: {fibril}, {strand}]
2: the stalk of a stamen
3: a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of
cells [syn: {filum}]
4: a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by
the passage of an electric current
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