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Definition of: filar
(fī′lər) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by a thread or threads; threadlike.
2. Optics Having fine threads across the field of view, as in a microscope equipped with a filar micrometer for measuring the sizes of objects under examination. [<L filum a thread + -AR1]
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