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filament

[fil-uh-muhnt] / ˈfɪl ə mənt /
NOUN
thin strand
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Edison and his team tested more than 6,000 vegetable fibers over 18 months before settling on bamboo filament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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 thin structure lies within a much larger cosmic filament that stretches about 50 million light years and contains more than 280 additional galaxies.

From Science Daily • Dec. 25, 2025

He stood over it muttering to himself, thoughtfully fingering a filament of his mustache.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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