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filar definition

fi·lar (fī′lər)

adjective

  1. of a thread
  2. having fine threads or hairs stretched across the field of view, as a micrometer

Etymology: < L filum, a thread (see file) + -ar

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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