[ˈfɪləm(ə)nt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures
(e.g: each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments)

- 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


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Origin:
late 16th century: from French, or from modern Latin filamentum, from late Latin filare ‘to spin’, from Latin filum ‘thread’