filament
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- n a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
- n the stalk of a stamen
- n a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
- n a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
- Which of these gadgets was NOT invented by Thomas Edison: Light bulb filament Movie camera Telegraph Taxi meter.
- The Corrections: The Corrections does not 'solve' the mystery of family life, but it renders its mysteries with the fine filament and moral nuance they require.
- When electricity runs through the filament, the bulb glows.