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filament, in astronomy: see chromosphere chromosphere (krō`məsfēr') [Gr. ..... Click the link for more information. . filament 1. the thin wire, usually tungsten, inside a light bulb that emits light when heated to incandescence by an electric current 2. Electronics a high-resistance wire or ribbon, forming the cathode in some valves 3. a single strand of a natural or synthetic fibre; fibril 4. Botany a. the stalk of a stamen b. any of the long slender chains of cells into which some algae and fungi are divided 5. Ornithol the barb of a down feather 6. Anatomy any slender structure or part, such as the tail of a spermatozoon; filum 7. Astronomy a. a long structure of relatively cool material in the solar corona b. a long large-scale cluster of galaxies How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This allows a greater potential for interaction between the actin and myosin filaments. The answer lay in the observation that, as the myosin filament was 1. [45] They showed that stiffness of tetanized fibers was proportional to the amount of overlap between actin and myosin filaments. |
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