plasma

From Late Latin plasma (literally “mold”), from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplæzmə/, enPR: plăz'mə
• IPA^(key): /ˈplazmə/, enPR: pläz'mə

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• Rhymes: -æzmə

plasma (countable and uncountable, plural plasmas or plasmata)

1. (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.

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?

   • 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.

• plasmic

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Plasma”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “plasma”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

• Malpas, Palmas, lampas, palmas

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

plasma m (plural plasmes)

1. plasma

• IPA^(key): [ˈplasma]
• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

plasma n

1. Alternative form of plazma

plasma f

1. Alternative form of plazma

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

• → Indonesian: plasma

Internationalism (see English plasma), ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑsmɑ/, [ˈplɑs̠mɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): plas‧ma

plasma

1. (biology, physics, hematology) plasma

• IPA^(key): /plas.ma/

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plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. plasma (all senses)

• → Turkish: plazma

• “plasma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

plasma n (genitive singular plasma, no plural)

1. (physics) plasma

• blóðvökvi (“blood plasma”)

From Dutch plasma, from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).

• IPA^(key): [ˈplas.ma]
• Rhymes: -ma, -a
• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

plasma (first-person possessive plasmaku, second-person possessive plasmamu, third-person possessive plasmanya)

1. plasma:
   1. (physics) a state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
   2. (medicine, hematology) blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions.
2. (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.

• “plasma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

plasma m (genitive singular plasma, nominative plural plasmaí)

1. (physics, hematology) plasma

• plasma fola, fuilphlasma
• taispeáint phlasma

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.zma/
• Rhymes: -azma
• Hyphenation: plà‧sma

plasma m (plural plasmi)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

• plasma sanguigno
• plasmatico
• schermo al plasma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plasma

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

• 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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.

• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. (biology) plasma
2. (physics) plasma
3. plasma TV

From German Plasma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasma/ [ˈplaz.ma]

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• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: plas‧ma

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

plasma

1. inflection of plasmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “plasma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014