plasma.

1. Matter containing a significant population of charged particles and displaying collective electromagnetic behavior.

2. The liquid part of blood in which cells and other components are suspended.

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Words that belong together

• plasma discharge
• hot plasma

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A plasma discharge lit the chamber.

The experiment confined the plasma magnetically.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; plasmas for distinct types. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.