A thin wire made up of a special material that gives off the light in a bulb is known as a ____.

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A thin wire made of a special material that gives off the light in a bulb is known as a filament.
The filament is a thin spring-like wire attached to the two metal wires inside the glass bulb. It is the part of the bulb that glows when current is passed through it. The filament of a light bulb is primarily made up of tungsten. When an electric current is passed through this filament, the heating effect of the current causes it to glow.

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