filament
filament is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- anatomy
- and
- anguilliform
- angustation
- band
- beard
- bone
- breadth
- capillament
- capillary
- capilliform
- cilia
- cilium
- closeness
- coarctation
- constriction
- contraction
- cord
- cotton
- deposition
- emaciation
- exiguity
- exility
- fascia
- fiber
- fibril
- fibrillous
- fibrous
- filaceous
- filamentous
- filiform
- fillet
- flagelliform
- funicle
- funicular
- ghat
- ghaut
- gossamer
- hair
- hairy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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