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plasma (plaz′mə)

noun

  1. a green, somewhat translucent variety of chalcedony
  2. the fluid part of blood, lymph, milk, or intramuscular liquid; esp., the fluid part of blood, as distinguished from the corpuscles, used for transfusions
  3. protoplasm
    1. any highly ionized gas, as that in a glowing fluorescent lamp
    2. a unique form of matter, as in a star, consisting of highly energized, freely moving ions and electrons
  5. a flat-screen, high-definition video display consisting of a grid of tiny, gas-filled fluorescent cells that emit colors of varying intensities as the gas is ionized by an electrical signal

Etymology: Ger < Gr, something molded < plassein, to form: see plastic

Related Forms:

  • plasmatic plas·mat′ic (-mat′ik) adjective

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plasma Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • magnetize: However, slower waves are allowed in a magnetized plasma.

Adjective modifier

  • coronal: However, these time scales are all much smaller than typical time scales for collisions, when considering the low densities in coronal plasmas.

Modifies a noun

  • membrane: In the T-cell, the virus buds out of the external plasma membrane of the cell.

Noun used with modifier

  • quark-gluon: And, under certain circumstances, the quark-gluon plasma ( the state of matter in the universe before it cooled ) might be recreated.
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