Translation guide
The English word 'filament' refers to a thin thread-like structure, often in contexts like light bulbs, 3D printing, or biology. In Japanese, different words are used depending on the specific context.
The thin wire inside an incandescent light bulb that glows when heated.
The most common and direct translation, used in technical and everyday contexts.
The light bulb filament has burned out.
The plastic thread used as material in FDM 3D printers.
Used as a loanword in the 3D printing community.
This filament is made of PLA.
A slender thread-like structure in biology, such as actin filaments or the silk thread of a spider.
General term for fiber, used for natural or synthetic thin strands, including biological contexts.
The muscle fibers were damaged.
Also used in scientific contexts, especially for protein filaments.
Means 'thread', used for spider silk or similar thin strands, but less technical.
Any very thin wire or thread-like object, such as in electronics or textiles.
A vast thread-like structure of galaxies in cosmology.
Used in astronomy as a direct loanword.
Filaments exist in the large-scale structure of the universe.
アクチンフィラメントは細胞骨格の一部です。
Actin filaments are part of the cytoskeleton.
Spider silk is extremely strong.
Carbon fiber is light and strong.