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filament

[fil-uh-muhnt] / ˈfɪl ə mənt /
NOUN
thin strand
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Edison and his team tested more than 6,000 vegetable fibers over 18 months before settling on bamboo filament.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

As people have begun to print more and more whistles, they’ve also tacked on their own unique touches to the designs: messages of protest, information about immigrants’ rights hotlines, special filament colors.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2026

"Baird would have used ordinary filament lamps, no micro controllers, very basic photodiodes, nowhere near what we've got now," Toms said.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2026

The object is a razor thin chain of galaxies embedded within a vast cosmic filament located about 140 million light years from Earth.

From Science Daily Dec. 25, 2025

It hummed in harmony with every tiny filament of matter.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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