filamento — meaning in English

English meaning

• filament noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
• strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
• twist verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.

Senses

filamento is used for these senses in English:

• strand A string.
• strand (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
• twist A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.

filament — full definition

1. noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
2. noun The thin coil inside an incandescent light bulb that glows white-hot when electricity passes through it.
3. noun In botany, the thin stalk of a stamen that holds up the anther in a flower.
4. noun A continuous spool of material, such as the plastic thread fed into a 3D printer.

strand — full definition

1. noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
2. noun A single thread or line within a larger story, plan, or set of events.
3. verb To leave someone in a difficult situation, often without transport or resources.
4. verb To run a boat or ship aground.

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