Plasma or plasm may refer to:

Science

Plasma (physics) Plasma () 1, where \nu_ is the electron gyrofrequency and \nu_ is the electron collision rate. It is often the case that the electrons are magnetized while the ions are not. Magnetized plasmas are ''anisotropic'', meaning that their properties ...

, one of the four fundamental states of matter *

Plasma (mineral) Chalcedony ( , or ) is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite. These are both silica minerals, but they differ in that quartz has a trigonal crystal structure, while moganite is monoclinic. ...

, a green translucent silica mineral *

Quark–gluon plasma Quark–gluon plasma (QGP) or quark soup is an interacting localized assembly of quarks and gluons at thermal (local kinetic) and (close to) chemical (abundance) equilibrium. The word ''plasma'' signals that free color charges are allowed. In a 1 ...

, a state of matter in quantum chromodynamics

Biology

Blood plasma Blood plasma is a light amber-colored liquid component of blood in which blood cells are absent, but contains proteins and other constituents of whole blood in suspension. It makes up about 55% of the body's total blood volume. It is the intra ...

, the yellow-colored liquid component of blood, in which blood cells are suspended *

Cytoplasm In cell biology, the cytoplasm is all of the material within a eukaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, except for the cell nucleus. The material inside the nucleus and contained within the nuclear membrane is termed the nucleoplasm. The ...

, a jelly-like substance that fills cells, suspends and protects organelles *

Germ plasm Germ plasm () is a biological concept developed in the 19th century by the German biologist August Weismann. It states that heritable information is transmitted only by germ cells in the gonads (ovaries and testes), not by somatic cells. The r ...

, a zone in the cytoplasm determining germ cells *

Germplasm Germplasm are living genetic resources such as seeds or tissues that are maintained for the purpose of animal and plant breeding, preservation, and other research uses. These resources may take the form of seed collections stored in seed banks, tr ...

, describes a collection of genetic resources for an organism *

Milk plasma Whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdling, curdled and strained. It is a byproduct of the manufacturing of cheese or casein and has several commercial uses. Sweet whey is a byproduct resulting from the manufacture of rennet types ...

or whey, the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained *

Nucleoplasm The nucleoplasm, also known as karyoplasm, is the type of protoplasm that makes up the cell nucleus, the most prominent organelle of the eukaryotic cell. It is enclosed by the nuclear envelope, also known as the nuclear membrane. The nucleoplasm ...

, a highly viscous liquid that surrounds the chromosomes and nucleoli *

Plasma cell Plasma cells, also called plasma B cells or effector B cells, are white blood cells that originate in the lymphoid organs as B lymphocytes and secrete large quantities of proteins called antibodies in response to being presented specific substan ...

, white blood cells that secrete large volumes of antibodies *

Protoplasm Protoplasm (; ) is the living part of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane. It is a mixture of small molecules such as ions, monosaccharides, amino acid, and macromolecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, etc. In some defini ...

, the entire living substance inside the cell membrane or cell wall

Technology

Plasma (engine) CyanWorlds.com Engine (formerly Plasma) is a real-time 3D game engine originally called Headspin and developed by Headspin Technologies in 1997 and later by Cyan Worlds (Cyan purchased the engine as part of the acquisition of Headspin) to power t ...

, a real-time 3D game engine from Cyan Worlds *

Plasma display A plasma display panel (PDP) is a type of flat panel display that uses small cells containing plasma: ionized gas that responds to electric fields. Plasma televisions were the first large (over 32 inches diagonal) flat panel displays to be release ...

, a flat-panel electronic visual display technology, commonly used for televisions *

Plasma effect The plasma effect is a computer-based visual effect animated in real-time. It uses cycles of changing colours warped in various ways to give an illusion of liquid, organic movement. Plasma was the name of a VGA graphics demo created by Bret M ...

, a computer-based animated visual effect, used in graphics demonstrations *

KDE Plasma (disambiguation) Plasma is a desktop environment by KDE, and can refer to: * KDE Plasma 5 (2014–today) * KDE Plasma 4 (2008–2015) * Plasma Mobile for smartphones * Plasma Bigscreen Plasma Bigscreen is a software project from KDE which contains an interface op ...

, graphical environments provided by KDE

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''Plasma'' (album), a 2003 live album by Trey Anastasio *

Plasma Records Plasma Records Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Plasma Records) is a global music label. It was formed in 2000 by Manmohan Waris, Kamal Heer and Sangtar. History Plasma Records is the record label for Grind Music & Sound Inc., a digital audio and post-pr ...

, a record label *

Team Plasma A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ...

, a fictional villainous organization from ''Pokémon Black and White'' and ''Pokémon Black 2 and White 2''

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