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filiform

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filiform /fil·i·form/ (fil´i-form) (fi´li-form)
1. threadlike.
2. an extremely slender bougie.

fil·i·form (fl-fôrm, fl-)
adj.
Having the form of or resembling a thread or filament.

filiform
1. threadlike.
2. an extremely slender bougie.

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Anchored in disjointed concrete slabs, nine hundred filiform aluminum tubes bent into cumulatively chaotic or "accidental" patterns provide a spectacle suggestive less of some sudden impact than of a more general exertion of physical for ces--the succumbing of tensile strength to excessive stress, whether natural or man-made, instantaneous or prolonged.
The classification of surface damages on the sample, such as gravel impact, cross hatch, filiform corrosion and delamination, is done in accordance with standards or customer specifications used for visual evaluation.
The classification of sur-face damages on the sample, such as gravel impact, cross hatch, filiform corrosion and delamination, is done in ac-cordance with standards or customer specifications.
 
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