Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.

    plasma arc cutter

    plasma cutter

    Plasma

    пла́змаplázma

    пла́змаplázma

  2. (countable, uncountable)A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin.

    blood plasma

    lymph plasma

    Plasma

    пла́змаplázma

    пла́змаplázma

  3. (countable, uncountable)A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.

    a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

  4. (countable, dated, uncountable)A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.

  6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Protoplasm.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Stars are gigantic balls of plasma.

    deSterne sind gigantische Plasmabälle.

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  2. Blood plasma is remarkably similar to sea water.

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  3. Ziri cut the sheet metal with a plasma cutter.

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  4. Ribosomes and the plasma membrane are common structures in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.

    ruРибосомы и плазматическая мембрана - часто встречающиеся структуры в клетках эукариотов и прокариотов.

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  5. Hypertonic and hypotonic crystalloids respectively contain more and less electrolytes than the plasma.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
high energy state of matter:
Русский
By meaning 1
high energy state of matter:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
high energy state of matter:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: plasmas / plasmata
Singularplasma
Pluralplasmas / plasmata

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:plasmblood plasma

Word family

53 related words

See also

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