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filament

[fil-uh-muhnt] / ˈfɪl ə mənt /
NOUN
thin strand
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He’s mindful of wasting filament, but small parts don’t tend to generate too much scrap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The study, led by Davide Tornotti, PhD student at the University of Milano-Bicocca, produced the sharpest image ever captured of a cosmic filament stretching roughly 3 million light-years.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026

Instead, it creates filament networks just beneath the inner membrane, forming a layer of protein polymers that resembles a cell cortex.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 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

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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