Reference meaning
filament
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a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
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Other meanings
2. noun
the stalk of a stamen
3. noun
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
4. noun
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
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