filament

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The current required for heating the filament is about 1 ampere at 6 volts.

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  1. noun A fine or thinly spun thread, fiber, or wire.
  2. noun Botany The stalk that bears the anther in a stamen.
  3. noun Botany A chainlike series of cells, as in many algae.
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  • Then he stood and stared out into the darkness, tired but not sleepy, his mind working through the morass of his troubles, trying to decide what he might do to help himself and Grianne. —  Morgawr
  • He had done that before, and it hadn't been enough to keep him safe. —  Morgawr
  • So many suns, even of the type of your own, lie within the radius of our cruise, that random search might rec1uire a thousand years. —  The High Crusade
  • The current required for heating the filament is about 1 ampere at 6 volts. —  The Radio Amateur's Hand Book
  • Then my horse is running, "cried the colonel in great agitation. —  The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
 

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  1. New Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlāre, to spin, from Latin fīlum, thread; see gwhī- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French filament = Spanish Portuguese Italian filamento, from New Latin filamentum, from Middle Latin filare, wind thread, spin, from Latin filum, thread: see file.
 

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