filament

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Other items were also treasured legacies of Cambodia’s past: belts and necklaces woven from fine gold filaments, or body ornaments shaped into rosettes and scrolling vines.

From New York Times

In some cases, the fungal filaments have been shown to connect the roots of multiple trees — providing a pathway for nutrients to shuttle between organisms.

From Washington Post

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