filament
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The polymer filament is sold in spools that feed into 3-D printers, allowing the devices to form designs created by their owners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
San Diego County jumped into California’s sprawling ghost gun fight this week, suing a 3-D printing filament manufacturer it says hocks material for homespun firearms in violation of state law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
When a radio frequency generator sends a signal into the capacitor, the resulting electromagnetic field interacts with the plasma filament.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
The laser passes through the center of the ring, producing a plasma filament that extends through the capacitor's surrounding electromagnetic field.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
For a split second, two strands of conductor filament connected, sending power flooding to one of the tunnel beams.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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