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Filament vs Monadiform - What's the difference?

filament | monadiform |

As a noun filament

is a fine thread or wire.

As an adjective monadiform is

(biology) having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm.

filament

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • solar filament
    galaxy filament
    the Ursa Major Filament
  • (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.

    • monadiform

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm.
    • monadiform young
    (Webster 1913)