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What is the noun for filament?

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filament
  1. A fine thread or wire.
  2. Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
  3. (physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
  4. (botany) The stalk of a flower stamen, supporting the anther.
  5. (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The same year Lodygin's electric lamps were illuminating a St Petersburg shop and he went on to patent the wolfram filament lamp.”
      “Actin, the major component of the lamellipodial cytoskeleton, exists in monomeric and rod-like polymerized filament forms.”
      “A strong, alternating current heats a resistive filament, causing it to emit electrons.”
filamentation
  1. The growth of filaments.
  2. (biology) An anomalous growth of certain bacteria in which they continue to elongate but do not divide.
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filamentations
filaments
  1. plural of filament
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This isolate contains an internal acellular compartment containing filaments linking the cells.”
      “In addition to adhesion based on suction, the rim of the sucker can be bent on each side to enclose and grip thin filaments and sheets.”
      “The cytoskeleton is the overall name given to protein filaments and motor proteins in the cell.”
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