Meaning

6 senses
  1. A fine thread or wire.

    Faser

    нитьnitʹ, волокно́voloknó, волосо́кvolosók

  2. Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.

    Glühwendel

    нить нака́лаnitʹ nakála, волосо́кvolosók, спира́льspirálʹ

  3. 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 filament

    galaxy filament

  4. The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.

    тычи́ночная нитьtyčínočnaja nitʹ

    the stalk of a stamen

  5. A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

    волокно́voloknó

  6. A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

    A spool of plastic used as a material for 3D-printed objects.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. A new spool of filament has been delivered.

  2. You can see the filament inside the light bulb.

  3. Envy is like a jellyfish whose venomous filaments can kill any victim touched by them.

  4. These nanotubes have been converted into microscopic-sized filaments to create the world's smallest radio, one that picks up actual station transmissions.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
fine thread or wire:
wire in an incandescent light bulb:
stalk of a stamen in a flower:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fine thread or wire:
wire in an incandescent light bulb:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a lon

Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

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