filament

Significado (inglés)

  1. A fine thread or wire.
  2. Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
  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.
  4. The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
  5. A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

Sinónimos

electric line

filamentus

directly heated cathode

filamentary cathode

electron-tube heater

filamentous form

cellfibre

individual filament

lamp filament

filament-type cathode

white-hot filament

continuous yarn

single fibre

Frecuencia

45k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈfɪləmənt/
Etimoloxía (inglés)

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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