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filament in Italian

filament in Italian is filamento — filament means a very thin thread or wire-like strand.

filament in Italian

filamento
noun

What does "filament" mean?

  1. noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
    "A spider spins its web from silk filaments."
  2. noun The thin coil inside an incandescent light bulb that glows white-hot when electricity passes through it.
    "When the filament finally burned out, the bulb went dark."
  3. noun In botany, the thin stalk of a stamen that holds up the anther in a flower.
    "Pollen forms at the tip of the filament, on the anther."
  4. noun A continuous spool of material, such as the plastic thread fed into a 3D printer.
    "He loaded a new roll of PLA filament into the 3D printer."
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filament in a sentence

  • A spider spins its web from silk filaments.
  • The old bulb had a thin metal filament that glowed when heated.
  • When the filament finally burned out, the bulb went dark.
  • Pollen forms at the tip of the filament, on the anther.

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What is "filament" in Italian?

"filament" in Italian is filamento. filament means: A very thin thread or wire-like strand.

How do you use "filament" in a sentence?

Example: "A spider spins its web from silk filaments." In Italian, "filament" is filamento.

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