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Filamentous meaning

Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.

Synonyms of Filamentous

filiform filamentlike threadlike thready thin

Related words

Other words often associated with Filamentous or its synonyms:

thick narrow thicken tenuous trim stringy bladed flimsy turn slender slim ropey

Using Filamentous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
  • Useful related words include: filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready.
  • In the example corpus, filamentous often appears in combinations such as: the filamentous.

Context around Filamentous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

observed 1× strange 1× flexible 1× dense 1× shaped 1× actin 1× probably 1× polyhedral 1×

Often after:

algae 1× structures 1× microbes 1× phages 1× fungi 1× appendage 1× actin 1× photosynthetic 1× icosahedral 1× fungus 1×

Sentence patterns with Filamentous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a dense filamentous actin mesh 1× and observed filamentous algae growth 1× are polyhedral filamentous or pleomorphic 1× basidiomycota are filamentous fungi composed 1× into strange filamentous structures 1× intracellular actin filamentous system 1× relationships with filamentous microbes 1× rod shaped filamentous icosahedral and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an altogether different 1× basidiomycota are filamentous 1× colonization of the 1× each stereocilium inserts 1× fossils of what 1× other morphologies have 1×

Common sentence endings:

actin filamentous system 1× billion years old 1× filamentous or pleomorphic 1× icosahedral and spherical 1× in recent years 1× meiospores usually four 1×

Words around Filamentous

Just before it in the word index:

filamentary 3 filament 168 filadelfia 2 filabusi 3 fila 8 fil 234

Just after it in the word index:

filaments 90 filan 2 filangieri 4 filani 2 filante 2 filaria 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Filamentous

  • In this selection, "filamentous" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, observed, strange, flexible, algae, structures and microbes stand out and add context to how "filamentous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a dense filamentous actin mesh and and observed filamentous algae growth. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "filamentous" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with filamentous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

These probably had an isomorphic alternation of generations and were probably filamentous. (12 words)

Wei quickly discovered that the droplets were instead transforming into strange filamentous structures. (13 words)

Other morphologies have also been described: spindle shaped, rod shaped, filamentous, icosahedral and spherical. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

These lineages share a common ancestor that lived over 400 million years ago, and fossils from this time period show evidence that plants were already forming beneficial relationships with filamentous microbes. (31 words)

Basidiomycota are filamentous fungi composed of hyphae (except for yeasts), and reproduce sexually via the formation of specialized club-shaped end cells called basidia that normally bear external meiospores (usually four). (31 words)

The study was originally launched in an effort to understand what is delivering nutrients to a perceived increase in invasive milfoil and observed filamentous algae growth in recent years. (29 words)

Example sentences (13)

The study was originally launched in an effort to understand what is delivering nutrients to a perceived increase in invasive milfoil and observed filamentous algae growth in recent years.

Wei quickly discovered that the droplets were instead transforming into strange filamentous structures.

These lineages share a common ancestor that lived over 400 million years ago, and fossils from this time period show evidence that plants were already forming beneficial relationships with filamentous microbes.

An altogether different phage type, the filamentous phages, make the host cell continually secrete new virus particles.

Basidiomycota are filamentous fungi composed of hyphae (except for yeasts), and reproduce sexually via the formation of specialized club-shaped end cells called basidia that normally bear external meiospores (usually four).

Colonization of the small intestine also requires the toxin coregulated pilus (TCP), a thin, flexible, filamentous appendage on the surface of bacterial cells.

Each stereocilium inserts as a rootlet into a dense filamentous actin mesh known as the cuticular plate.

Fossils of what are thought to be filamentous photosynthetic organisms have been dated at 3.4 billion years old.

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Other morphologies have also been described: spindle shaped, rod shaped, filamentous, icosahedral and spherical.

The filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa is a prominent model system for understanding the control and function of cytosine methylation.

The integrins thus serve to link two networks across the plasma membrane: the extracellular ECM and the intracellular actin filamentous system.

These probably had an isomorphic alternation of generations and were probably filamentous.

The vast majority (96.3%) are tailed with and only 230 (3.7%) are polyhedral, filamentous or pleomorphic.

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Common combinations with filamentous

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "filamentous" in a sentence?
An example: "The study was originally launched in an effort to understand what is delivering nutrients to a perceived increase in invasive milfoil and observed filamentous algae growth in recent years." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "filamentous" from authentic English texts.
What does "filamentous" mean?
Filamentous means: Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
What are synonyms of "filamentous"?
Common synonyms of "filamentous" include: filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready, thin.
How many example sentences with "filamentous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "filamentous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.