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Noun(1) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber(2) the stalk of a stamen(3) a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells(4) a thin wire (usually tungsten(5) a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells(6) a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current(7) thin strand

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(1) It is like comparing a red-hot poker pulled from a fire with the filament in an electric light bulb: there is no doubt concerning which is the brighter.(2) Her only connection to the world a tenuous filament of wires, tubes and intravenous needles.(3) It glimmers at barely 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, which is cooler than a light bulb filament .(4) Unlike an incandescent bulb, no filament is needed.(5) It was as white and alive as the filament of a light bulb viewed close up.(6) The new lamp not only has the size and shape of a conventional filament bulb but also comes with a standard screw base and can therefore be fitted in any lamp or light socket.(7) A strong, alternating current heats a resistive filament , causing it to emit electrons.(8) An incandescent light bulb contains a thin wire filament (usually tungsten) that glows hot when an electric current is run through it.(9) Regular incandescent light bulbs produce light by heating a small filament inside the bulb.(10) a filament of cellulose(11) The most important factors determining the heating of a filament to incandescence are thermal mass and electrical resistance of the filament .(12) An incandescent black light bulb is similar to a normal household light bulb, but it uses light filters to absorb the light from the heated filament .(13) He had division of the terminal filament for a tethered spinal cord, which was thought to be the cause of his symptoms.(14) The tungsten filament of an incandescent light is an example of a wire under extreme conditions.(15) But unlike ordinary incandescent bulbs, they don't have a filament that will burn out, and they don't get especially hot.(16) In an incandescent bulb, the filament is made of a thin piece of tungsten metal, coiled to fit inside the bulb; if it were stretched out, it would measure about 6 feet long!