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
filÂ·aÂ·ment. n. 1. A fine or very thin thread or fiber: filaments of cloth; filaments of flax. 2. A slender or threadlike structure or part, especially: a. A fine wire that is heated electrically to produce light in an incandescent lamp. b. The stalk that bears the anther in the stamen of a flower.