plasma
plaz muh
- n 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
- n a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone
- n (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
particles in space exist in the form of a plasma
- Plasma technology dominates in supersize TVs at 40 in.
- In future plasma thermocouples, this can be solved by bleeding off the gas.
- Plasma is a has-beenor should be.