Dialect. The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.
An electrical filament in an incandescent light bulb; Similarly, a thin heating element; Current filament; Filament propagation, diffractionless propagation of a light beam; 3D printing filament, used as raw material for Fused deposition modeling 3D printers; In astronomy
Medical Definition of intermediate filament. : any of a class of usually insoluble cellular protein fibers (as cytokeratin or a neurofilament) composed of various fibrous polypeptides that serve especially to provide structural stability and strength to the cytoskeleton and are intermediate in diameter between microfilaments and microtubules.