Meaning

1 senses
  1. Having a thread across the field of view.

    a filar microscope

    a filar micrometer

    related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope)

Origin

From Latin filum (“a thread”).

From Latin filum (“a thread”).

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Forms

more filar, most filar
Comparativemore filar Lesson
Superlativemost filar Lesson

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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