plasma

See also: Plasma, plasmá, and plasmă

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: plăz'mə, IPA^(key): /ˈplæzmə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

plasma (countable and uncountable, plural plasmas or plasmata)

1. (physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas
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?

Related terms

• plasmic

Translations

high energy state of matter

• Arabic: بْلَازْمَا f (blāzmā), بِلَازْمَا f (bilāzmā)
• Armenian: պլազմա (hy) (plazma)
• Basque: plasma (eu)
• Belarusian: пла́зма f (plázma)
• Bengali: প্লাজমা (plajoma)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏣᏅᏙ (atsanvdo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 電漿／电浆 (din⁶ zoeng¹)

  Mandarin: 等離子體／等离子体 (zh) (děnglízǐtǐ), 等离子体 (zh) (děnglízǐtǐ)

• Czech: plazma (cs) f
• Dutch: plasma (nl) n
• Esperanto: plasmo
• Finnish: plasma (fi)
• French: plasma (fr) m
• Georgian: პლაზმა (ṗlazma)
• German: Plasma (de) n
• Greek: πλάσμα (el) n (plásma)
• Hebrew: פלזמה (he) f (plazma)
• Hindi: प्लाज़्मा m (plāzmā)
• Icelandic: rafgas (is) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: plasma
• Irish: plasma m
• Italian: plasma (it) m
• Japanese: プラズマ (ja) (purazuma)
• Korean: 플라스마 (peullaseuma)
• Norwegian: plasma (no) n
• Persian: پلاسما (fa) (plâsmâ)
• Polish: plazma (pl) f
• Portuguese: plasma (pt) m
• Romanian: plasmă (ro) f
• Russian: пла́зма (ru) f (plázma)
• Spanish: plasma (es) f
• Swahili: utegili
• Swedish: plasma (sv) c
• Tagalog: dinagipik
• Thai: พลาสมา (pláas-mâa)
• Turkish: plazma (tr)
• Ukrainian: пла́зма f (plázma)
• Urdu: شاکلہ

component of blood

• Basque: plasma (eu)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 血漿／血浆 (hyut³ zoeng¹), 血浆 (hyut³ zoeng¹)

  Hakka: 血漿／血浆, 血浆 (hiet-chiông)

  Mandarin: 血漿／血浆 (zh) (xuèjiāng), 血浆 (zh) (xuèjiāng)

  Min Nan: 血漿／血浆, 血浆 (hiat-chiong/hiat-chiuⁿ)

• Czech: plazma (cs) f
• Dutch: plasma (nl) n
• Erzya: верьнул (veŕnul)
• Finnish: verineste (fi), veriplasma (fi), plasma (fi)
• French: plasma (fr) m
• German: Plasma (de) n
• Greek: πλάσμα (el) n (plásma)
• Hebrew: פלזמה (he) f (plazma)
• Icelandic: blóðvökvi (is) m
• Ido: plasmo (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: plasma
• Irish: plasma m, plasma fola m, fuilphlasma m
• Italian: plasma (it) m
• Japanese: 血漿 (けっしょう, kesshō)
• Korean: 혈장 (ko) (hyeoljang) (血漿 (ko))
• Maori: wētoto
• Norwegian: plasma (no) n
• Polish: osocze (pl) n, plazma (pl) f
• Portuguese: plasma (pt) m
• Romanian: plasmă (ro) f
• Russian: пла́зма (ru) f (plázma)
• Spanish: plasma (es) f
• Swedish: plasma (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaphay
• Vietnamese: huyết tương (vi) (血漿)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Plasma”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “plasma”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• Palmas, lampas, palmas

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈplaz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈplaz.ma]

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmes)

1. plasma

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plasma, from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma). Influenced by German Plasma (“blood plasma, cytoplasm”) and English plasma (“ionised gas”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑs.maː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: plas‧ma

Noun

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

Derived terms

• bloedplasma
• celplasma

Related terms

• cytoplasma
• plasmatisch
• plasma-tv

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Finnish

Noun

plasma

1. (biology, physics, hematology) 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 plasmain rare
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
abessive		plasmatta	plasmoitta
instructive		—	plasmoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of plasma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative plasmani plasmani accusative nom. plasmani plasmani gen. plasmani genitive plasmani plasmojeni plasmaini rare partitive plasmaani plasmojani inessive plasmassani plasmoissani elative plasmastani plasmoistani illative plasmaani plasmoihini adessive plasmallani plasmoillani ablative plasmaltani plasmoiltani allative plasmalleni plasmoilleni essive plasmanani plasmoinani translative plasmakseni plasmoikseni abessive plasmattani plasmoittani instructive — — comitative — plasmoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative plasmasi plasmasi accusative nom. plasmasi plasmasi gen. plasmasi genitive plasmasi plasmojesi plasmaisi rare partitive plasmaasi plasmojasi inessive plasmassasi plasmoissasi elative plasmastasi plasmoistasi illative plasmaasi plasmoihisi adessive plasmallasi plasmoillasi ablative plasmaltasi plasmoiltasi allative plasmallesi plasmoillesi essive plasmanasi plasmoinasi translative plasmaksesi plasmoiksesi abessive plasmattasi plasmoittasi instructive — — comitative — plasmoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative plasmamme plasmamme accusative nom. plasmamme plasmamme gen. plasmamme genitive plasmamme plasmojemme plasmaimme rare partitive plasmaamme plasmojamme inessive plasmassamme plasmoissamme elative plasmastamme plasmoistamme illative plasmaamme plasmoihimme adessive plasmallamme plasmoillamme ablative plasmaltamme plasmoiltamme allative plasmallemme plasmoillemme essive plasmanamme plasmoinamme translative plasmaksemme plasmoiksemme abessive plasmattamme plasmoittamme instructive — — comitative — plasmoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative plasmanne plasmanne accusative nom. plasmanne plasmanne gen. plasmanne genitive plasmanne plasmojenne plasmainne rare partitive plasmaanne plasmojanne inessive plasmassanne plasmoissanne elative plasmastanne plasmoistanne illative plasmaanne plasmoihinne adessive plasmallanne plasmoillanne ablative plasmaltanne plasmoiltanne allative plasmallenne plasmoillenne essive plasmananne plasmoinanne translative plasmaksenne plasmoiksenne abessive plasmattanne plasmoittanne instructive — — comitative — plasmoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative plasmansa plasmansa accusative nom. plasmansa plasmansa gen. plasmansa genitive plasmansa plasmojensa plasmainsa rare partitive plasmaansa plasmojaan plasmojansa inessive plasmassaan plasmassansa plasmoissaan plasmoissansa elative plasmastaan plasmastansa plasmoistaan plasmoistansa illative plasmaansa plasmoihinsa adessive plasmallaan plasmallansa plasmoillaan plasmoillansa ablative plasmaltaan plasmaltansa plasmoiltaan plasmoiltansa allative plasmalleen plasmallensa plasmoilleen plasmoillensa essive plasmanaan plasmanansa plasmoinaan plasmoinansa translative plasmakseen plasmaksensa plasmoikseen plasmoiksensa abessive plasmattaan plasmattansa plasmoittaan plasmoittansa instructive — — comitative — plasmoineen plasmoinensa

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French

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. plasma (all senses)

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Irish

Noun

plasma m (genitive singular plasma, nominative plural plasmaí)

1. (physics, hematology) plasma

Declension

Declension of plasma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative plasma plasmaí Vocative a phlasma a phlasmaí Genitive plasma plasmaí Dative plasma plasmaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an plasma na plasmaí Genitive an phlasma na bplasmaí Dative leis an bplasma don phlasma leis na plasmaí

Derived terms

• plasma fola, fuilphlasma
• taispeáint phlasma

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
plasma	phlasma	bplasma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmi)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

Related terms

• plasma sanguigno
• plasmatico
• schermo al plasma

Verb

plasma

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

Anagrams

• spalma

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) plasmā

1. 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma)

Noun

plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma or plasmaer, definite plural plasmaene)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

References

• “plasma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma)

Noun

plasma n (definite singular plasmaet, indefinite plural plasma, definite plural plasmaa)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

References

• “plasma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Noun

plasma m (uncountable)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasma/ [ˈplaz.ma]

Noun

plasma m (plural plasmas)

1. (physics, biology) plasma

Verb

plasma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of plasmar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of plasmar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of plasmar.