Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Unifilar

Unifilar , adjective

[Uni- + Latin filum a thread.]

Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.
Collocations (1)
Unifilar magnetometer (Physics) , an instrument which consists of a magnetic bar suspended at its center of gravity by a long thread, constituting a delicate means for accurately measuring magnetic intensities, also for determining declinations of the magnetic needle.