dēng​sī

filament

  • created sense approved 灯丝/燈絲 · dēng​sī · filament — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    灯丝 / 燈絲

    dēng​sī

    filament

    filament in a lightbulb or vacuum tube, typically made of tungsten, which produces light and heat when an electric current passes through it

    灯 (literal) → 灯/燈 · dēng · lamp 丝 (literal) → 丝/絲 · sī · strand

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense