filament

Noun
  1. A very slender natural or synthetic fiber (synset 114892009)
    is a type of: fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
    subtypes:
    • barb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
    • cobweb, gossamer - filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
    • chromatid - one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
    • myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle - one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
    • rhizoid - any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
    • hypha - any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
    • paraphysis - a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
    same as: fibril, strand
  2. The stalk of a stamen (synset 111698574)
    is a type of: stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  3. A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) (synset 105236798)
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes: hair, pilus - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
    same as: filum
  4. A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current (synset 103341520)
    is a type of: conducting wire, wire - a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
    is a part of: bulb, electric light, electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb - electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

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