Hypertext Webster Gateway: "filar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Filar \Fi"lar\, a. [L. filum a thread.]
Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by
threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar
microscope; a filar micrometer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
filar
adj : related to or having filaments especially across a field of
view; "afilar eyepiece"
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