Filament

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Filament may refer to:

In physics and electrical engineering

• An electrical filament used to emit light in an Incandescent light bulb
• 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, equivalent to a solar prominence
• 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, a Japan-based band.

In print

• Filament Magazine, a female-oriented erotica magazine.

Other uses

• Fiber or yarn
• Filament (textiles), clusters or locks of wool fibers
• 2002 movie by Jinsei Tsuji

See also

• Monofilament

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