Filament vs Apicifixed - What's the difference?
filament | apicifixed |
A fine thread or wire.
Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
(physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
(botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
(textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.
(botany) Said of anthers who are attached to the filament at the top and pointing back toward the filament like a hook.
In botany terms the difference between filament and apicifixed
is that filament is the stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther while apicifixed is said of anthers who are attached to the filament at the top and pointing back toward the filament like a hook.As a noun filament
is a fine thread or wire.As an adjective apicifixed is
said of anthers who are attached to the filament at the top and pointing back toward the filament like a hook.filament
English
Noun
(en noun)- solar filament
- galaxy filament
- the Ursa Major Filament