filament

filament
[ˈfɪləm(ə)nt]
noun
  1. a slender thread-like object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures
    (尤指动植物结构中的)细丝
    each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments.
    每根肌浆球蛋白丝通常都围有12根肌动蛋白丝。
    ■a conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or thermionic valve and heated or made incandescent by an electric current
    灯丝;(热离子管的)丝极
    ■(Botany)the slender part of a stamen that supports the anther
    (植)(雄蕊的)花丝
    ■(Astronomy)a narrow streamer from the sun's chromosphere or in its corona
    (天文)(太阳色球层或日冕里的)电子流,暗条
派生
filamentary
adjective
filamented
adjective
filamentous
adjective
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from French, or from modern Latin filamentum, from late Latin filare 'to spin', from Latin filum 'thread'
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