plasma – English noun declension

English noun forms of plasma

Noun: plasma
Singularplasma
Pluralplasmas; plasmata

Sample Sentences

  • plasma arc cutter
  • plasma cutter
  • Oxygen and hydrogen nuclei are intermixed with free electrons. The whole mix is electrically neutral. This is actually considered a new stage of matter called a plasma. You can see an example of an electrically produced plasma in a fluorescent light bulb or in a plasma television. [2020, Don Lincoln, The Large Hadron Collider, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 198:]
  • blood plasma
  • lymph plasma
  • hair-pins of jade, ivory, and plasma [1901, Rudyard Kipling, Kim:]
  • Has anyone here written a plasma demo in C/C++ who would be willing to explain to me exactly how it works? [1999, Rage Matrix, “Coding plasma demos....HELP!”, in comp.programming (Usenet):]
  • However, it displayed some unique copper magic routines and plasma effects. [2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: The Brief History of the Demoscene, volume 1, page 126:]
  • This creates the classic 'plasma' effect seen in many demoscene videos. [, Explosions in the Mind (page 139)]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō
3. Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō?
4. Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō)
5. Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
6. Proto-Hellenic *-mə
7. Ancient Greek -μα (-ma)
8. Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der.
9. Late Latin plasmader.
10. English plasma
11. From Late Latin plasma (“mold”), from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'πλάσμα'.

Verbs referencing "plasma"

Dutch Nouns plasma, Finnish Nouns plasma, Hungarian Nouns plazma, Polish Nouns plazma.