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

"Recent observations of our own Milky Way have increasingly highlighted the importance of filamentary molecular clouds as the primary sites of star formation."

From Salon

“Recent observations of our own Milky Way have increasingly highlighted the importance of filamentary molecular clouds as the primary sites of star formation,” Tokuda said.

From Salon

“The environment, such as an adequate supply of heavy elements, is crucial for maintaining a filamentary structure and may play an important role in the formation of planetary systems,” Tokuda said in the study’s accompanying press statement.

From Salon

The researchers determined that stars can be formed in a diverse range of structures, but that there are “systematic differences in the physical properties of filamentary and non-filamentary clouds. The former tend to have smaller velocity dispersions relative to their column densities and exhibit higher temperatures.”

From Salon