filament

filamento

Hilo metálico muy fino dentro de una bombilla que se calienta y emite luz.

En inglés sencillo: A very thin wire inside a light bulb that becomes hot and gives off light.

• The filament glows inside the bulb.
• A broken filament stopped the lamp from working.
• These bulbs contain thin tungsten filaments.

Expresiones frecuentes: bulb filament, tungsten filament, filament lamp

filamento solar

Estructura larga y fina de gas que se extiende desde la superficie del Sol.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin structure of gas extending from the sun’s surface.

• A dark filament crossed the sun’s surface.
• The telescope captured a long solar filament.
• Astronomers watched the filament rise and break apart.

Expresiones frecuentes: solar filament, erupting filament, dark filament

filamento

Tallo fino dentro de una flor que sostiene la parte que produce el polen.

En inglés sencillo: The thin stalk inside a flower that holds the part which produces pollen.

• The filament supports the anther.
• Each flower has several slender filaments.
• We measured the filament under a microscope.

Expresiones frecuentes: stamen filament, slender filament, filament length