Meanings
adjectiveintrafilamentary (not comparable)
- not comparableWithin a filament
However, we show that on average, filament star-forming galaxies are more metal-enriched (#92;sim 0.1-0.15 dex), possibly due to the inflow of the already enriched intrafilamentary gas into filament galaxies.
2015, Behnam Darvish, Bahram Mobasher, David Sobral, Shoubaneh Hemmati, Hooshang Nayyeri, Irene Shivaei, “Spectroscopic Study of Star-forming Galaxies in Filaments and the Field at z∼0.5: Evidence for Environmental Dependence of Electron Density”, in arXiv
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
- Latin*interus
- Latinintrā
- Englishintra-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
- Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
- Latinfīlum
- Late Latinfīlō
- Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
- Englishfilament
- Englishfilamentary
- Englishintrafilamentary
From intra- + filamentary.
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APA
intrafilamentary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrafilamentary
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“intrafilamentary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrafilamentary. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intrafilamentary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrafilamentary.
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