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UK
/fˈɪləmənt/
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[ US /ˈfɪɫəmənt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪɫəmənt/ ]
NOUN
- a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
- the stalk of a stamen
- a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
- a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
How To Use filament In A Sentence
- Assuming that 15 pound breaking strain line is used, an angler using monofilament might have to use a six or eight ounce sinker and use a 20 lb class rod to carry that sinker weight.
- In experiments that test the effect of actin, cells were incubated for 30 min before experiments in medium containing 20 M cytochalasin D to disrupt actin filaments.
- It communicates with the oculomotor, the trochlear, the ophthalmic and the abducent nerves, and with the ciliary ganglion, and distributes filaments to the wall of the internal carotid artery. IX. Neurology. 7a. The Cephalic Portion of the Sympathetic System
- On myself, I use small monofilament fishing line and slip a half-hitch up close to the skin. What is the best way to remove a tick?
- It kinks, detaches itself from actin, unkinks, and reattaches, and thereby ratchets along the actin filament in a series of power strokes.
- These intermediate filaments run in parallel along the axon and occupy a large fraction of the axoplasmic volume.
- Although it is established that TMR-actin alone is polymerization incompetent, the impact of its copolymerization with unlabeled actin on filament structure and dynamics has not been tested yet.
- Some are herbivores, grazing on the filamentous algae covering coral reefs, and a few eat seagrasses and algae on reef flats.
- However, the tubes may contain multiple virions, or capsids, like peas in a pod, or the linear arrangement of spores in neurospora filaments.
- The microstructure of these long filaments of papillary horn is very similar in its dermal-epidermal interdigitation to that of baleen in whales.