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- noun Plural form of
filiment : common misspelling offilaments .
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Examples
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At specified intervals the filiments of the gun would be changed automatically by rotating a turret of eight filaments; only after these were exhausted would operator intervention be required.
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I have no idea why you guys are going on about the cause of galaxy filiments.
Universe Today 2009
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(I'm of course talking about the well defined filiments.)
Universe Today 2009
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You see, lupins have very strong verticle filiments inside the stalk, so you can't really snap them off without ruining the flower.
SF0 2008
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Do you think Obama may be a delta winged jet made of special carbon filiments?
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