filament

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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

This pattern indicates that the entire filament is rotating as a single structure.

From Science Daily • Dec. 25, 2025

Some clear glass halos and discs hang in space, suspended on filament.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Even now, she could feel the magic pulsing under her skin, each filament insinuating itself between cells, through tissues, filling up her bones.

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