plasmagenic
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From plasmagene + -ic. First attested in the 1950s.
Adjective[edit]
plasmagenic (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or designating a plasmagene.
- 1968, Proceedings - Issue 3[1], page 371:
- Any difference between the original lines and the selections must be due either to dominant nuclear mutations, or plasmagenic mutations.
- 2012 December 6, Henrique Guedes-Pinto, Norman Darvey, Valdemar P. Carnide, Triticale: Today and Tomorrow, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 75:
- The problem of triticale seed shrivelling was treated in another different way, by starting a process of plasmagenic mutagenesis that perhaps it is interesting to describe.
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
plasmagenic (not comparable)
- That forms plasma when heated or subjected to a strong electromagnetic field.
- 2022, Madalina-Simona Baltatu, Dumitru-Doru Burduhos-Nergis, Diana Petronela Burduhos-Nergis, Petrica Vizureanu, Advanced Metallic Biomaterials, Materials Research Forum LLC, →ISBN, page 141:
- Among the plasmagenic gases, the most commonly used, can be listed: pure argon, nitrogen, hydrogen, helium or mixtures thereof. This plasma provides a very intense caloric energy and a very strong kinetic energy.
Further reading[edit]
- “plasmagenic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “plasmagenic” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- “plasmagenic”, in Collins English Dictionary.