filament

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

filamento

fibra

sinonimi

fiber

thread

🧵

fibre

strand

fibril

string

🪢

filum

yarn

🧶

fibre

cord

tissue

vein

gossamer

cobweb

rootlet

fiber

staple

tendril

tinder

web

wick

wire

wool

F

electric line

filamentus

monofilament

mitoplast

directly heated cathode

filamentary cathode

electron-tube heater

fil

filamentous form

cellfibre

clew

individual filament

lamp filament

filament-type cathode

white-hot filament

continuous yarn

single fibre

clue

cotton

crewel

hair

hairspring

hypha

lock

🔒

mantle

ply

Traduzioni

filamento

filamento

filament

Faden

🧶

filament

Faser

filet

Glühfaden

Staubfaden

νήμα

Filament

fibre

Heizfaden

Glühwendel

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈfɪləmənt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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