Filament vs Medifixed - What's the difference?
filament | medifixed |
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 an anther group attached to the filament at somewhere along the length of its connective.
In botany|lang=en terms the difference between filament and medifixed
is that filament is (botany) the stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther while medifixed is (botany) said of an anther group attached to the filament at somewhere along the length of its connective.As a noun filament
is a fine thread or wire.As an adjective medifixed is
(botany) said of an anther group attached to the filament at somewhere along the length of its connective.filament
English
Noun
(en noun)- solar filament
- galaxy filament
- the Ursa Major Filament