filar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope)
    • a filar eyepiece

WordNet

Fi"lar adjective
Etymology
L. filum a thread.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer.

Webster 1913