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filament

[fil-uh-muhnt] / ˈfɪl ə mənt /
NOUN
thin strand
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There’s a playful aspect to Hannum’s blossoms, which are 3D printed and usually made of pristine white plastic, although one includes bronze filament.

From Washington Post

One of them helped tug a filament of the stratosphere low enough that the summit of the 6,288-foot mountain poked into it.

From Washington Post

It contains hundreds of fine filaments radiating outwards.

From Scientific American

In her cupped hands, she holds a palmful of soil flecked with thin, white filaments.

From Washington Post

“It’s truth and beauty. It was literally like, my brain is a filament, and I want to be lit like that.”

From New York Times