filament

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Synonyms: filiment, lament, firmament, ailment, figment, ligament, flamen, fitment, pilement, linament, libament

Antonyms: filiment, lament, firmament, ailment, figment, ligament, flamen, fitment, pilement, linament, libament

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Noun

1. A [[fine]] [[thread]] or [[wire]].
2. Such a wire, as can be heated until it [[glow]]s, in an [[incandescent]] [[light bulb]] or a [[thermionic valve]].
3. {{anchor|en-n-astro}} {{lb|en|physics|astronomy}} 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 [[void]]s in the universe.
4. {{senseid|en|flower_stalk}}{{lb|en|botany}} The stalk of a [[flower]] [[stamen]], supporting the [[anther]].
5. {{lb|en|textiles}} A [[continuous]] [[object]], limited in [[length]] only by its [[spool]], and not cut to length.

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