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Webster 1913 Edition
Plasma
1.
(Min.)
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.
2.
(Biol.)
The viscous material of an animal or vegetable cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.
3.
Unorganized material; elementary matter.
4.
(Med.)
A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
U. S. Disp.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plasma
PLAS'MA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Plasma
Plasma
German
Noun
Plasma n (genitive Plasmas, plural Plasmen)
Declension
Declension of Plasma
Derived terms
- Plasmabildschirm m
- Plasmalampe f
- Plasmaspiegel m
plasma
plasma
English
Noun
plasma (countable and uncountable, plural plasmas)
- (physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas
- (hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin
- (hematology) Blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions
- (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.
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Related terms
Translations
high energy state of matter
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component of blood
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Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
plasma
Declension
| Inflection of plasma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| instructive | — | plasmoin | |
| abessive | plasmatta | plasmoitta | |
| comitative | — | plasmoineen | |
Irish
Noun
plasma m (genitive singular plasma, nominative plural plasmaí)
Declension
Declension of plasma
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Mutation
| 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. | ||
Latin
Verb
plasmā
- second-person singular present active imperative of plasmō
References
- 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)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek "plasma"
Noun
plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma or plasmaer, definite plural plasmaene)
References
- “plasma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek "plasma"
Noun
plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma, definite plural plasmaa)
References
- “plasma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.