plasma
English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin plasma (literally “mold”), from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plasma (countable and uncountable, plural plasmas or plasmata)
- (physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
- 2020, Don Lincoln, The Large Hadron Collider, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 198:
- 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.
- (hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin.
- (mineralogy) A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.
- (medicine, dated) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
- (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!”, in comp.programming (Usenet):
- Has anyone here written a plasma demo in C/C++ who would be willing to explain to me exactly how it works?
- 2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: The Brief History of the Demoscene, volume 1, page 126:
- However, it displayed some unique copper magic routines and plasma effects.
- Jonathan Weinel, Explosions in the Mind (page 139)
- This creates the classic 'plasma' effect seen in many demoscene videos.
Derived terms edit
- antiplasma
- bioplasma
- blood plasma
- burning nuclear plasma
- burning plasma
- convalescent plasma
- dusty plasma
- glasma
- haemoplasma
- hemoplasma
- human seminal plasma protein hypersensitivity
- hyperplasma
- laser-plasma accelerator
- lymphoplasma
- magnetoplasma
- microplasma
- mycoplasma
- nanoplasma
- nuclear plasma
- ovoplasma
- phytoplasma
- plasma acceleration
- plasma accelerator
- plasmablast
- plasma cell
- plasmacyte
- plasma display
- plasma display
- plasmadynamics
- plasma gem
- plasma gemstone
- plasmagenic
- plasma globe
- plasma lamp
- plasma lamp
- plasmalemma
- plasmaless
- plasmalike
- plasma membrane
- plasmapause
- plasmapheresis
- 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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Verb edit
plasma (third-person singular simple present plasmas, present participle plasmaing, simple past and past participle plasmaed)
- (science fiction) To transform something into plasma.
- Synonym: plasmify
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Plasma”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “plasma”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plasma m (plural plasmes)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
plasma
- inflection of plasmar:
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plasma n
- Alternative form of plazma
Declension edit
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plasma f
- Alternative form of plazma
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma). Influenced by German Plasma (“blood plasma, cytoplasm”) and English plasma (“ionised gas”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plasma n (plural plasma's)
- (physics) plasma, dense ionised gas
- (biology, medicine) blood plasma
- Synonym: bloedplasma
- (biology) cytoplasm
- Synonyms: celplasma, cytoplasma
- (mineralogy) plasma, dark green type of quartz
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Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: plasma
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English plasma), ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).
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Noun edit
plasma
Declension edit
Inflection of plasma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | plasma | plasmat | ||
genitive | plasman | plasmojen | ||
partitive | plasmaa | plasmoja | ||
illative | plasmaan | plasmoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | plasma | plasmat | ||
accusative | nom. | plasma | plasmat | |
gen. | plasman | |||
genitive | plasman | plasmojen plasmainrare | ||
partitive | plasmaa | plasmoja | ||
inessive | plasmassa | plasmoissa | ||
elative | plasmasta | plasmoista | ||
illative | plasmaan | plasmoihin | ||
adessive | plasmalla | plasmoilla | ||
ablative | plasmalta | plasmoilta | ||
allative | plasmalle | plasmoille | ||
essive | plasmana | plasmoina | ||
translative | plasmaksi | plasmoiksi | ||
abessive | plasmatta | plasmoitta | ||
instructive | — | plasmoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “plasma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plasma m (plural plasmas)
- plasma (all senses)
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: plazma
Further reading edit
- “plasma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
plasma n (genitive singular plasma, no plural)
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See also edit
- blóðvökvi (“blood plasma”)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch plasma, from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plasma (first-person possessive plasmaku, second-person possessive plasmamu, third-person possessive plasmanya)
- plasma:
- (physics) a state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
- (medicine, hematology) blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions.
- (agriculture) farmers (planters) who are part of the agricultural business system (plantation) who are in charge of carrying out the production process and supplying their products to the factory (which acts as the nucleus), while the production costs and facilities are provided by the factory.
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Further reading edit
- “plasma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish edit
Noun edit
plasma m (genitive singular plasma, nominative plural plasmaí)
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Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
plasma | phlasma | bplasma |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
plasma m (plural plasmi)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
plasma
- inflection of plasmare:
Anagrams edit
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Verb edit
plasmā
References edit
- "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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).
Noun edit
plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma or plasmaer, definite plural plasmaene)
References edit
- “plasma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).
Noun edit
plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma, definite plural plasmaa)
References edit
- “plasma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: plas‧ma
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
plasma m (plural plasmas)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
plasma
- inflection of plasmar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
plasma m (plural plasmas)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
plasma
- inflection of plasmar:
Further reading edit
- “plasma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014