Meanings
adjectivemultifilamentary (not comparable)
- not comparableOf more than one filament.
Iron-based superconductors have been considered to be very promising in high-field applications, for which multifilamentary wire and tape conductors with high mechanical strength are essential.
2015, Chao Yao, He Lin, Qianjun Zhang, Xianping Zhang, Dongliang Wang, Chiheng Dong, Yanwei Ma, Satoshi Awaji, Kazuo Watanabe, “Critical current density and microstructure of iron sheathed multifilamentary Sr1-xKxFe2As2/Ag composite conductors”, in arXiv
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
- Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
- Latinfīlum
- Late Latinfīlō
- Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
- Englishfilament
- Englishfilamentary
- Englishmultifilamentary
From multi- + filamentary.
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APA
multifilamentary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multifilamentary
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“multifilamentary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multifilamentary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multifilamentary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multifilamentary.
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