filament

As a noun filament

is a fine thread or wire.

As an adjective bifilar is

having two wires, threads or filaments.

As nouns the difference between filament and nanofilament

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while nanofilament is a nanoscale filament.

As nouns the difference between filament and myofilament

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while myofilament is a filament within a myofibril, constructed from proteins.

As nouns the difference between filament and vimentin

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while vimentin is (protein) any of a group of polypeptides that polymerize to form filaments in the cytoskeleton.

As nouns the difference between filament and treadmilling

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while treadmilling is (biology) the apparent locomotion of certain cellular filaments by adding protein subunits at one end, and removing them at the other.

As nouns the difference between filament and chromonema

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while chromonema is (genetics) the coiled central filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie.

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between filament and protonema

is that filament is (botany) the stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther while protonema is (botany) a filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts.

As nouns the difference between filament and protonema

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while protonema is (botany) a filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts.

As nouns the difference between filament and cofilin

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while cofilin is (protein) any of a class of proteins which disassemble actin filaments.

As nouns the difference between filament and protofilament

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while protofilament is a filament of polymerized tubulin in a cell, which becomes part of a microtubule.

As a noun filament

is a fine thread or wire.

As an adjective interfilament is

between filaments (of a polymer etc).