filaments

plural of filament
as in fibers
a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair the cable was made up of fine filaments twisted together

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Recent Examples of filaments Noctilucent clouds usually appear low in the sky as pale blue, silver or sometimes faintly gold ripples and filaments. Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 July 2026 Most crucially, the authors said these filaments were oriented in certain directions more than others. Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 9 July 2026 That’s fine for short PLA prints, but materials like nylon, TPU, PETG, ABS, and support filaments can absorb moisture quickly depending on your environment. Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 28 June 2026 Each is created through a proprietary layering process in which hundreds of ultra-thin filaments are arranged at alternating angles, then fused under heat and pressure to form a composite of exceptional rigidity. Richard Mille Contributor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 But those thread-like mushroom filaments also bind soils together, which enhances soil structure, drainage, and moisture retention. Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 June 2026 The coating looks like a thick layer of unidentified filaments. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 22 May 2026 The team demonstrated this by printing soft lattices and wavy filaments that deform in dramatically different ways under heat. New Atlas, 19 May 2026 That means a course of action that targets everything from blackheads to excess sebum production to sebaceous filaments, the thin threads that tend to pop up on your nose, to even redness, which can cause skin to swell, enhancing the appearance of pores. Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
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Noun
  • This asymmetric expression could rig up motor circuitry, such as an abundance of neurons with long, signal-carrying fibers, that leads to more involuntary movement on one side than the other.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026
  • Weightlifting, for example, is supposed to cause very small tears in your muscle fibers and your muscle cells to swell.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
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  • The TikTok edits, the outfit identification threads, the contestant rivalries trending on X by the end of an episode, all of it turns 60 minutes of passive viewing into a multi-platform conversation that runs all week.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Also scrub the threads of the bottle neck, the feeder section and its threads, as well as the ports.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
Noun
  • Instead of calls traveling over copper wires, our Ooma line connects through the internet.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Cautillo was also carrying a disconnected lithium battery, an electric towel warmer that had wires sticking out of it, and an electric scooter with a bad sticking out of it, the statement said.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026

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“Filaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filaments. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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