🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

필라멘트

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pilamentu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Glühfaden/ˈɡlyːˌfaːdn̩/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"전구의 필라멘트가 끊어졌습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A fine wire of high resistance, typically made of tungsten, that becomes incandescent when an electric current passes through it in an incandescent lamp.

    "Der Glühfaden der alten Lampe ist durchgebrannt."
  2. 2

    A heating element or filament in electronic vacuum tubes or specialized heating devices.

    "Die Röhrenverstärker benötigen einige Sekunden, bis der Glühfaden auf Betriebstemperatur ist."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle High German 'glüen' (to glow) combined with 'faden' (thread). Historically coined during the 19th century development of incandescent electric lighting to describe the fine conductive wire heated to incandescence inside a vacuum bulb.

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