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FILAMENT

\fˈɪləmənt], \fˈɪləmənt], \f_ˈɪ_l_ə_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of FILAMENT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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the stalk of a stamen

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the stalk of a stamen

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

1. A fibril, a fine fiber, or thread-like structure. 2. In botany, the stalk of a stamen.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A thread or fibre.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A slender or thread-like object; a fibre.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A slender thread.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A fine thread or fiber.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A slender thread or fibre, such as animal and vegetable tissues, as well as some mineral structures, are composed of; the long threadlike part which supports the anther.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A thread; a fibre; in bot., the stalk which supports the anther.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

This word is used synonymously with fibril; thus, we say, a nervous or cellular filament or fibril. Also, the glairy, thread-like substance which forms in the urine in some diseases, and which depends on a particular secretion from the mucous membrane of the urinary passages.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A delicate fiber or thread.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Any threadlike body or slender fiber.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] A thread; a fibre; a thread-like object or appendage; especially, the thread-like part of the stamens supporting the anther.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A slender thread, a body slender and long like a thread.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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