plasma

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”)

• enPR: plăz'mə, IPA^(key): /ˈplæzmə/

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plasma (countable and uncountable, plural plasmas or plasmata)

1. (physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas
2. (hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin
3. (hematology) Blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions
4. (mineralogy) A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.
5. (medicine, dated) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
6. (computer graphics, demoscene) A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.
   • 1999, "Rage Matrix", Coding plasma demos....HELP! (on newsgroup comp.programming)

     Has anyone here written a plasma demo in C/C++ who would be willing to explain to me exactly how it works?

• plasmic

• “Plasma” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
• “plasma”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

• Palmas, lampas, palmas

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈplaz.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈplaz.ma/

plasma m (plural plasmes)

1. plasma

Borrowed from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma). Influenced by German Plasma (“blood plasma, cytoplasm”) and English plasma (“ionised gas”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑs.maː/

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• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

plasma n (plural plasma's)

1. (physics) plasma, dense ionised gas
2. (biology, medicine) blood plasma

   Synonym: bloedplasma

3. (biology) cytoplasm

   Synonyms: celplasma, cytoplasma

4. (mineralogy) plasma, dark green type of quartz

• bloedplasma
• celplasma

• cytoplasma
• plasmatisch
• plasma-tv

plasma

1. (biology, physics, hematology) plasma

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. plasma (all senses)

plasma m (genitive singular plasma, nominative plural plasmaí)

1. (physics, hematology) plasma

• plasma fola, fuilphlasma
• taispeáint phlasma

plasma m (plural plasmi)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

• plasma sanguigno
• plasmatico
• schermo al plasma

plasma

1. third-person singular present indicative of plasmare
2. second-person singular imperative of plasmare

• spalma

plasmā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of plasmō

• plasma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plasma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma)

plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma or plasmaer, definite plural plasmaene)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

• “plasma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma)

plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma, definite plural plasmaa)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

• “plasma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

plasma m (uncountable)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasma/, [ˈplazma]

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

plasma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of plasmar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of plasmar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of plasmar.