plasma

Definition of Plasma in English :

Noun

the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended

2. plasma

a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

3. plasma

(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 Sentences:
'particles in space exist in the form of a plasma'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plasma

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noun

1.

the clear yellowish fluid portion of blood or lymph in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended

2. short for blood plasma

3. a former name for protoplasm, cytoplasm

4. physics

a.

a hot ionized material consisting of nuclei and electrons. It is sometimes regarded as a fourth state of matter and is the material present in the sun, most stars, and fusion reactors

b.

the ionized gas in an electric discharge or spark, containing positive ions and electrons and a small number of negative ions together with un-ionized material

5.

a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone

6. a less common term for whey

Plasma

see synonyms of plasma

noun

1.

a green, somewhat translucent variety of chalcedony

2.

the fluid part of blood, lymph, milk, or intramuscular liquid; esp., the fluid part of blood, as distinguished from the corpuscles, used for transfusions

3.

protoplasm

4.

a.

any highly ionized gas, as that in a glowing fluorescent lamp

b.

a unique form of matter, as in a star, consisting of highly energized, freely moving ions and electrons

5.

a flat-screen, high-definition video display consisting of a grid of tiny, gas-filled fluorescent cells that emit colors of varying intensities as the gas is ionized by an electrical signal

Plasma

see synonyms of plasma

n. also plasm (plăzəm)

1.

a. The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended. It differs from serum in that it contains fibrin and other soluble clotting elements.

b. Blood plasma, especially when sterilized and depleted of cells for transfusion.

2. Protoplasm or cytoplasm.

3. The fluid portion of milk from which the curd has been separated by coagulation; whey.

4. Physics An electrically neutral, highly ionized phase of matter composed of ions, electrons, and neutral particles. It is distinct from solids, liquids, and gases.

adj.

Of or relating to a flat-panel display used in televisions, made up of an array of tiny cells each containing a gaseous mixture of xenon and neon that is changed into a plasma state to illuminate a phosphor coating on the inside of the cell.

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