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plasma

/'pl/&/zm/@/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. 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

    noun.body

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

    noun.substance

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. (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

    noun.state

    Examples
    Particles in space exist in the form of a plasma.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. 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.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

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