Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of or formed by a filament.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a
filament or filaments
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Examples
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New Hubble images taken on Jan. 25 and 29 show a complex X-pattern of filamentary structures near the nucleus.
ianrandalstrock: Maybe it's a Romulan warbird ianrandalstrock 2010
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"The filamentary appearance of P/2010 A2 is different from anything seen in Hubble images of normal comets, consistent with the action of a different process," said David Jewitt, an astronomer at the University of California Los Angeles, in a press release.
Wired Top Stories 2010
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New Hubble images taken on Jan. 25 and 29 show a complex X-pattern of filamentary structures near the nucleus.
Hubble Takes A Look at Possible Asteroid Collision | Universe Today 2010
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"The filamentary appearance of P/2010 A2 is different from anything seen in Hubble images of normal comets, consistent with the action of a different process," Jewitt said.
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2010
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"The filamentary appearance of P/2010 A2 is different from anything seen in Hubble images of normal comets, consistent with the action of a different process," Jewitt said.
ianrandalstrock: Maybe it's a Romulan warbird ianrandalstrock 2010
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It was subsequently realised that the magnetic field signature is not consistent with this simple picture, leading us to speculate that there exists a more filamentary Birkeland current system with the observed variability linked to the highly dynamic and variable nature of the Enceladus outgassing.
Are We Just 'Lucky' to See Activity on Enceladus? | Universe Today 2010
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What do these filamentary structures of dust represent?
Planck Reveals Giant Dust Structures in our Local Neighborhood | Universe Today 2010
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Maps of the distribution of calcium have never been made before, and they reveal that the Local Cavity contains numerous filamentary structures of partially ionized gas that appear to form in a honeycomb-like pattern of small interstellar cells.
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"The filamentary appearance of P/2010 A2 is different from anything seen in Hubble images of normal comets, consistent with the action of a different process," Jewitt said.
Hubble Takes A Look at Possible Asteroid Collision | Universe Today 2010
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New Hubble images taken on Jan. 25 and 29 show a complex X-pattern of filamentary structures near the nucleus.
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2010
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