Plasma or plasm may refer to:
Science
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, one of the four fundamental states of matter
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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
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Quark–gluon plasma, a state of matter in quantum chromodynamics
Biology
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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 int ...
, the yellow-colored liquid component of blood, in which blood cells are suspended
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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. ...
, a jelly-like substance that fills cells, suspends and protects organelles
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Germ plasm, a zone in the cytoplasm determining germ cells
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Germplasm, describes a collection of genetic resources for an organism
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Milk plasma or whey, the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained
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Nucleoplasm, a highly viscous liquid that surrounds the chromosomes and nucleoli
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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 subs ...
, white blood cells that secrete large volumes of antibodies
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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 defi ...
, the entire living substance inside the cell membrane or cell wall
Technology
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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 th ...
, a real-time 3D game engine from Cyan Worlds
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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 rele ...
, a flat-panel electronic visual display technology, commonly used for televisions
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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 ...
, a computer-based animated visual effect, used in graphics demonstrations
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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 o ...
, graphical environments provided by KDE
Arts, entertainment and media
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''Plasma'' (album), a 2003 live album by Trey Anastasio
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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-p ...
, a record label
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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 inf ...
, a fictional villainous organization from ''Pokémon Black and White'' and ''Pokémon Black 2 and White 2''
See also
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Plasma ball (disambiguation) Plasma ball may refer to:
* Plasma globe, a manmade, ball-shaped plasma device
* Ball lightning, a natural phenomenon
* Star, a sphere of plasma held together by its own gravity
* The projectile of some plasma weapons
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Plasma cannon (disambiguation) Plasma cannon may refer to:
*Plasma weapon, a type of raygun that fires a stream, bolt, pulse or toroid of plasma
*Plasma railgun, a linear accelerator which, like a projectile railgun, uses two long parallel electrodes to accelerate a "sliding sho ...
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Plasma gun (disambiguation)
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