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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Other Word Forms

• interfilamentary adjective

Etymology

Origin of filamentary

First recorded in 1835–45; filament + -ary

Example Sentences

However, today's leading neuromorphic systems, often based on oxide materials and filamentary switching, still function like carefully engineered machines that imitate learning rather than materials that naturally contain it.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

Although these structures are lighter than the molecular clouds with filamentary structures, they are still quite similar in other crucial aspects.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

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

Clusters and superclusters are found in filamentary structures that are huge but fill only a small fraction of space.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Maxill� with three tufts of fine bristles, separated by larger spines; caudal appendages uniarticulate; filamentary appendages attached to the prosoma.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles