An electric light passes electricity through material called a filament or wire.

电灯中用来传送电流的材料叫灯丝或金属丝。

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There was something incandescent about her, like a filament forced full of current.

光似的东西，就像一根被强行充足了电流的细丝。

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Thus a filament yarn is characterized by its denier and the number of fibers in the yarn.

因此一个化纤长丝是以它的旦尼尔数和它纱线中的纤维数为特征的。

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Traditional light bulbs pass electricity through a filament, which results in energy being released as both heat and light, leading to a lot of heat being wasted.

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The research team uses a RepRap 3D printer and a custom extruder head to print a filament network composed of sucrose, glucose and dextran which is later encased in a bio-gel containing living cells.

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The newest Intel Pentium chip has such densely packed circuits that it consumes the same power as a 100-watt lightbulb with a filament burning as hot as 4, 500 degrees Fahrenheit--one you'd have to wear mittens to unscrew.

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