Filament
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Filament may refer to:
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[edit] In physics and electrical engineering
- An electrical filament in an incandescent light bulb, used to emit light, or in hot cathodes of fluorescent lamps and vacuum tubes as a source of electrons, or in vacuum tubes, to heat an electron-emitting electrode
- Similarly, a thin heating element
- Current filament
- Filament propagation, diffractionless propagation of a light beam
[edit] In astronomy
- Galaxy filament, the largest known cosmic structures in the universe, thread-like structures that form the boundaries between large voids in the universe
- Solar filament, equivalent to a solar prominence
- Birkeland current, a specific magnetic field-aligned current in the Earth’s magnetosphere
[edit] In biology
- Myofilament
- Protein filament, a long chain of protein subunits, such as those found in hair, muscle, or in flagella
- Part of a stamen, the male part of a flower
- A chain of cells connected end-to-end
- Hypha, a thread-like cell in fungi and Actinobacteria
- Filamentation, an elongation of individual bacterial cells
[edit] In print
- Filament (magazine), a female-oriented erotica magazine
[edit] Other uses
- Fiber or yarn
- Staple (wool), clusters or locks of wool fibers
- 2002 movie by Jinsei Tsuji
- Filament (band), a musical group from Japan that consists of Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M
- Filament Games, a Madison, Wisconsin based educational video game developer
- Filament Productions, a Production Design & Touring Video company based in Charlottesville, Virginia
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