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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

Soon after, the dark filament detached on one side and shot outward, unrolling violently as it moved.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

A cobweb, I thought, but then I looked at a strand of it on my palm and saw it was some kind of metal filament, so fine it was almost invisible.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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