Filament vs Macrandrous - What's the difference?
filament | macrandrous |
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) Having antheridia formed on normal-sized male vegetative filaments.
In botany terms the difference between filament and macrandrous
is that filament is the stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther while macrandrous is having antheridia formed on normal-sized male vegetative filaments.As a noun filament
is a fine thread or wire.As an adjective macrandrous is
having antheridia formed on normal-sized male vegetative filaments.filament
English
Noun
(en noun)- solar filament
- galaxy filament
- the Ursa Major Filament