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A threadlike conductor, usually of tungsten (or of carbon), which is heated to incandescence by the passage of an electric current.
A threadlike conductor, usually of tungsten (or of carbon), which is heated to incandescence by the passage of an electric current.


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{{languages|Filament}}
{{languages|Filament}}
[[Category:2.3 Light Sources]
[[Category:2.3 Light Sources]]
[[Category:Alphabetical Index]]
[[Category:Alphabetical Index]]
[[Category:IALA Dictionary 1970-89 Edition]]
[[Category:IALA Dictionary 1970-89 Edition]]

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A threadlike conductor, usually of tungsten (or of carbon), which is heated to incandescence by the passage of an electric current.

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Reference: C.I.E.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)