Filament
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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), collaborative project between Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M.
[edit] Other uses
- Fiber or yarn
- Filament (textiles), clusters or locks of wool fibers
- 2002 movie by Jinsei Tsuji