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Filament may refer to:
In physics and electrical engineering
- Electrical filament
- Current filament
- Filament propagation, diffractionless propagation of a light beam
- Hot cathode, a filament in a vacuum tube that emits electrons
In astronomy
- Galaxy filament
- Solar filament, a structure in a solar corona
- Birkeland current
In biology
- Protein filament
- Filamentation, a long chain of cells
- Part of a stamen, the male part of a flower
- Hypha, in fungi and Actinobacteria
In music
- Filament (band), collaborative project between Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M. An electrical filament is a thread of Metal, usually Tungsten, which is used to convert Electricity into light in Incandescent light bulbs (as developed A current filament is an inhomogeneity in the Current density distribution lateral to the of the current flow (that is orthogonal to the current density vector In Nonlinear optics, filament propagation is propagation of a beam of Light through a medium without Diffraction. Hot cathode is also a name for a Hot filament ionization gauge, a vacuum measuring device In Physical cosmology, filaments are the largest known structures in the Universe, thread-like structures with a typical length of 50 to 80 ''h''-1 A prominence is a large bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface often in a loop configuration A Birkeland current is a specific magnetic field aligned current in the Earth’s Magnetosphere which flows from the Magnetotail towards the Earth on the dawn side In Biology, a filament is a long chain of Protein subunits such as those found in hair muscle or in Flagella. Filamentation is the anomalous growth of certain Bacteria, such as E The stamen ( Plural stamina or stamens, from Latin stamen meaning "thread of the warp " is the male A hypha (plural hyphae) is a long branching filamentous cell of a Fungus, and also of unrelated Actinobacteria. A fungus (ˈfʌŋgəs is a eukaryotic Organism that is a member of the kingdom Fungi (ˈfʌndʒaɪ Actinobacteria or actinomycetes are a group of Gram-positive bacteria with high G+C ratio. Filament is a Musical group consisting of Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M, two of the major exponents of Electroacoustic improvisation style of is a Japanese Composer and Multi-instrumentalist. He first came to international prominence in the 1980s as the leader of the Noise rock group Sachiko Matsubara, who usually records as Sachiko M, is a Japanese Musician, but she considers herself to be a "non-musician"
Other uses
- Fiber or yarn
- Filament (textiles), clusters or locks of wool fibers
- 2002 movie by Jinsei Tsuji
See also
Fiber or fibre is a class of Materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces similar to lengths of thread. This article is about the fiber product For the type of joke see Shaggy dog story. Staple is a term referring to naturally formed clusters or locks of Wool fibres throughout a fleece that are held together by cross fibres Hitonari Tsuji （辻仁成 born 1959 in Tokyo） is a Japanese Writer, composer and Film director.Dictionary
filament
-noun
- a fine thread or wire
- such a wire, heated to glowing, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve
- (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
- In textiles, a continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length
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