filament

Nouns

  • (n) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber fibril, strand,
  • (n) the stalk of a stamen
  • (n) a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) filum,
  • (n) a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

Synonyms

fibril strand filum

Words of close approximity

filamentlike filamentous