Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A threadlike anatomical structure; a filament.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thread; a filament, fibril, or fine fiber; a filar structure.
- noun In musical notation, the stem or tail of a note.
- noun A hair-like process on the radius of the down-feathers in some birds.
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- noun anatomy a
filamentous anatomical structure
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The lady at the counter referred to it as a filum which is what Kim Hill always says.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Frum teh lookie ob teh mountin teh filum was shooted round New Plymouth, in teh norf iland – justin case ne1 wantzes to noe.
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Officium foeminarum est ducere bigas, ponere domus super eas et deponere, mungere vaccas, facere butirum et griut, parare pelles, et consuere eas, quas consuunt filo deneruis; diuidunt enim neruos in minuta fila, et postea illa contorquent in vnum longum filum.
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Officium foeminarum est ducere bigas, ponere domus super eas et deponere, mungere vaccas, facere butirum et griut, parare pelles, et consuere eas, quas consuunt filo deneruis; diuidunt enim neruos in minuta fila, et postea illa contorquent in vnum longum filum.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Darluca filum reduces disease severity and economic losses caused by Uromyces spp., a rust pathogen.
1. Designing integrated pest management for sustainable and productive futures. 1992
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His red army cloak billowed in the wind, Casca noted that the Galdius Iberius was in the proper position on the priest's right side and then in the monk's left hand he saw the filum.
The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980
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It is not a matter of chance that Bacon de - scribed it as a thread (filum) capable of guiding man through that forest (silva) and intricate labyrinth called
BACONIANISM PAOLO ROSSI 1968
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The word "flax" is derived from _filare_, to spin, or, _filum_, a thread; and the botanical title, _linum_, is got from the Celtic _lin_ also signifying thread.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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This thread, the _filum labyrinthi_, is the new method of _induction_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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But we seen that filum a year ago in Chi., and Sadie was itching to get back to the stores, so we made our get-away quick.
Keeper of the Keys Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1932
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