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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