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  • noun Plural form of filament.

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Examples

  • This wasn't exactly a new idea, other people had considered the possibility that a cell's cytoskeleton (which is made up of microtubules and actin filaments) might act as a kind of nervous system for the cell.

    Damn Duck 2008

  • The biophysics of MTs, their MAP proteins and Actin filaments are already being made ample use of in corporate science and in cutting edge NIH/CDC-funded investigations.

    A Voice from the Middle Ground 2007

  • I'm not saying they're a be-all or end-all – their MAPs (including actin filaments) look to be much more specified, and multi-tasking as well.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • Right now a cable with these glass filaments is many times more costeffective than a copper cable.

    All the Things You Want to Know about the Communications Revolution 2000

  • The strand divided and doubled back on itself, only to divide again, sending countless atom thin filaments off into Hans’ grey matter.

    365 tomorrows » Steve Smith : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • The strand divided and doubled back on itself, only to divide again, sending countless atom thin filaments off into Hans’ grey matter.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • The researchers plan to use the feather’s barbs and barbules of the feather — the thin filaments that branch out from the feather’s main shaft, or quill.

    Chicken feathers no longer for the birds Edward Willett 2006

  • The researchers plan to use the feather’s barbs and barbules of the feather — the thin filaments that branch out from the feather’s main shaft, or quill.

    Archive 2006-09-17 Edward Willett 2006

  • Sometimes I see these strange threads of light called filaments that allow me to steer the course of fate.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • Sometimes I see these strange threads of light called filaments that allow me to steer the course of fate.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

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