FILAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope)

Example:

a filar eyepiece

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

filament (a very slender natural or synthetic fiber)

Derivation:

filum (a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells))

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