Antonyms for filament
ˈfɪl ə məntfil·a·ment

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1. • Stalk
   • Structure
   • Wire

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1. fibril, filament, strandnoun

   a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

   Synonyms:
   chain, fibril, strand, filum, string

2. filamentnoun

   the stalk of a stamen

   Synonyms:
   fibril, strand, filum

3. filament, filumnoun

   a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

   Synonyms:
   fibril, strand, filum

4. filamentnoun

   a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

   Synonyms:
   fibril, strand, filum

How to use filament in a sentence?

1. John Herr:

   This is early; it's more about understanding the mechanism involved in fertilization and how you can block the formation of this filament.

2. Sjors Scheres:

   Knowing which parts of tau are important for filament formation is relevant for the development of drugs.

3. Lisa Dabney:

   The ones that we have on the market now are very, very safe; they are very different from the ones that came out in the ‘80s, [like] the DalkonShield that did have a high risk of pelvic inflammatory disease, one of the main differences was that it had a braded filament--a piece of string that hangs into the vagina-- and bacteria lived in the crevices in the string, which increased the risk of getting pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to scarring and blocked fallopian tubes. This caused a scare and caused companies to pull all IUDs [off the shelves] except for the copper IUD. But today, the string is much smoother so the bacteria can’t cling on as easily.

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