plasma
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō
Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō?
Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μα (-ma)
Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der.
Late Latin plasmader.
English plasma
From Late Latin plasma (“mold”), from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”).
Inflected forms:
form: plasmas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: plasmata
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: plasmas
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: plasmaing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: plasmaed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: plasmaed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: plasma arc cutter
plasma cutter
Oxygen and hydrogen nuclei are intermixed with free electrons. The whole mix is electrically neutral. This is actually considered a new stage of matter called a plasma. You can see an example of an electrically produced plasma in a fluorescent light bulb or in a plasma television.
gloss: A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: blood plasma
lymph plasma
gloss: A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: hair-pins of jade, ivory, and plasma
gloss: A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
gloss: Protoplasm.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Has anyone here written a plasma demo in C/C++ who would be willing to explain to me exactly how it works?
However, it displayed some unique copper magic routines and plasma effects.
This creates the classic 'plasma' effect seen in many demoscene videos.
gloss: To transform something into plasma.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: plasmic
Derived words: antiplasma
bioplasma
blood plasma
burning nuclear plasma
burning plasma
convalescent plasma
dusty plasma
glasma
haemoplasma
hemoplasma
human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
hydroplasma
hyperplasma
laser-plasma accelerator
lymphoplasma
magnetoplasma
microplasma
mycoplasma
nanoplasma
nuclear plasma
ovoplasma
phytoplasma
plasma acceleration
plasma accelerator
plasmablast
plasma cell
plasmacyte
plasma display
plasmadynamics
plasmagenic
plasma globe
plasma lamp
plasmalemma
plasmaless
plasmalike
plasma membrane
plasmapause
plasmapheresis
plasma physics
plasmaphysics
plasma rifle
plasma screen
plasmasonic
plasmasphere
plasma therapy
plasmatron
plasma wakefield acceleration
plasma wakefield accelerator
plasmid
plasmin
plasmogamy
plasmogen
plasmogenous
plasmoid
plasmon
preplasma
quark-gluon plasma
subplasma
superplasma
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