filament
Example Sentences
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Mizuno and colleagues found that once individual HS-3 cells landed on a surface, they began to divide into long filaments.
From Science Magazine
This flip turns the tiny, inward-facing barbs on the filament's surface outward to release toxins into unlucky prey.
From Scientific American
Herpetosiphon bacteria are huge gliding filaments that can exceed a millimeter in length and are apparently lapsed algae.
From Scientific American
The other new hardware products include an updated filament candle bulb; the current version is just dimmable.
From The Verge
Resembling Hue’s filament bulbs, dimmable white bulbs similarly designed for mood lighting, the Lightguide bulbs have the same subtle black base and clear glass bulb.
From The Verge
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