PLASMA
Scrabble letter values: P3L1A1S1M3A1 = 10
Definition
- noun 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. — synonyms: plasm, blood_plasma
- noun a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone.
- noun (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors.
Examples
- “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”
- “particles in space exist in the form of a plasma”