filament
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One guide suggests beginners start with polylactic acid filament, a generally nontoxic material made primarily of cornstarch or sugar cane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Researchers gathered data over hundreds of hours to detect the faint filament clearly enough for detailed analysis.
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
A cobweb, I thought, but then I looked at a strand of it on my palm and saw it was some kind of metal filament, so fine it was almost invisible.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing filament
"A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman
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