plasma - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'plasma' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Plasma

[ n.]

- A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.
- The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.
- Unorganized material; elementary matter.
- A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.

Meaning of 'plasma' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . plasma

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons

Example in sentence:

particles in space exist in the form of a plasma

Nearby Words:

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Plasmalemma
Plasmalemma is the double-layered membrane surrounding the protoplasm in a hypha.
Blood plasma
Blood plasma is the fluid portion of blood. Also called plasma.

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