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filamento

filament

noun fee-lah-MEN-toh Rare

Origin: From Latin filamentum, from filum (thread).

Also means

thread

Usage Note

Filamento refers to a thin thread-like structure, used in botany (the stalk of a stamen), physics (the tungsten wire in a light bulb), and biology (bacterial filaments). The plural is regular: filamentos. Its root filum also underlies hilo (thread) via a different phonetic path.

Examples

"El filamento de la bombilla se rompió al caer."

Natural Translation

The bulb's filament broke when it fell.

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