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Definition
Tungsten filament; tungsten wire.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the thin wire inside traditional incandescent bulbs that glows when heated by electricity. While modern LED technology has largely replaced these bulbs, the term remains in use when discussing older lighting or physics experiments.
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The tungsten filament in this light bulb has broken.
Do you know why the tungsten filament glows?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
