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fil·a·ment / ˈfiləmənt/ • n. a slender threadlike object or fiber, esp. one found in animal or plant structures: a filament of cellulose. ∎  a conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or vacuum tube and heated or made incandescent by an electric current. ∎  Bot. the slender part of a stamen that supports the anther. ∎  Astron. a narrow streamer from the sun's chromosphere or in its corona. ∎ Astron. a narrow streamer of gas in an interstellar cloud or nebula.DERIVATIVES: fil·a·men·ta·ry / ˌfiləˈmentərē/ adj.fil·a·men·tous / -ˌmentəs/ adj.

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