| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.[Websters]
2. Being fibrous or stringy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being thready, filiform or threadlike. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Adjective base of the adverb filamentarily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (filamentarily) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective filamentary.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FILAMENTARY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1905. (references) |
Specialty Expressions: FILAMENTARY
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Filamentary cathode | Electrical Engineering | A hot cathode, usually in the form of a wire or ribbon, that is heated directly by the passage of current through it. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Filamentary structure | Aerospace | A shell or membrane structure constructed of woven or layered filaments embedded in a suitable matrix. (references) | |
| Filamentary superconductor | Electrical Engineering | Conductor made by embedding numerous superconducting filaments in a normal matrix, especially with the aim of ensuring its adiabatic stabilization. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Filamentary tail-spikes | Physics | In the -- which appear in some comets, and are arranged fanwise to the axis of the tail, velocities of up to 1, 000 km/sec. are found. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Filamentary transistor | Electrical Engineering | A bipolar transistor operating on the conductivity-modulation principle. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
