What is the meaning of filament?

noun

  • A very slender natural or synthetic fiber.
  • The stalk of a stamen.
  • A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells.
  • A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current. .
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