threadlike
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Tokuda and the other scientists wanted to understand if filaments, or threadlike fibers, form during star formation, as this reveals key details about their density and overall composition.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025
Cronin said Mara could return in about a week but had benefited from being sidelined because it allowed him to add bulk to his threadlike 7-foot-3 frame.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024
Mycelia are threadlike cells that absorb nutrients, not unlike a plant’s root.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
The robot is more skilled than any human surgeon, MacDougall said, reliably and efficiently “sewing” threadlike electrodes, each thinner than a human hair, throughout a targeted region of the brain.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024
In dim shafts of light from the windows of the house I saw snowflakes and the threadlike white sporecases of the trees falling softly together onto the dark water.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
