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filamentary

American  
[fil-uh-men-tuh-ree] / ˌfɪl əˈmɛn tə ri /

adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of a filament.


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Etymology

Origin of filamentary

First recorded in 1835–45; filament + -ary


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These simulations predicted what such filamentary structures should look like under current cosmological models.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026

That’s one of the plans that we have to test this idea of the stretching and elongation and alignment of these filamentary structures.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023

They also predict that when scholars are able to observe these radio structures in higher resolution, they will discover additional features, including "a much more complex filamentary structure," among other things.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2021

The clumps provided the framework for the large-scale filamentary and bubble-like structures that we see preserved in the universe today.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

It was a species of “Spanish moss,” or “old man’s beard,” so called, from the resemblance of its long white filamentary leaves to the hairs of a venerable pair of whiskers.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach

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