Filament

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Contents 1 In physics and electrical engineering 2 In astronomy 3 In biology 4 In music 5 In print 6 Other uses 7 See also

Filament may refer to:

[edit] 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

[edit] In astronomy

• Galaxy filament
• Solar filament, a structure in a solar corona
• Birkeland current

[edit] 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

[edit] In music

• Filament_(band)
• Filament_USA (band)

[edit] In print

• Filament Magazine, http://www.filamentmagazine.com/

[edit] Other uses

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

[edit] See also

• Monofilament

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