plasma

«plasma» in Mova's school dictionary: The pale yellow liquid part of blood that carries blood… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (plasma — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (science) The pale yellow liquid part of blood that carries blood cells, food and waste around the body. tree →

2) (science) A fourth state of matter: a very hot gas in which particles have an electric charge, as in the Sun, lightning and neon signs. tree →

3) A kind of flat-screen television (a plasma TV or «a plasma»). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about blood, plasma is about 55% of blood; people can donate plasma. In physics, after solid, liquid and gas, plasma is called the fourth state of matter; stars are made mostly of plasma. Phrases: «blood plasma», «plasma TV», «plasma ball», «states of matter».

examples

• Plasma is the liquid part of blood. tree →
• Red cells float in the plasma. tree →
• The Sun is a giant ball of plasma. tree →
• Lightning makes plasma for a split second. tree →
• Touch the plasma ball and the purple sparks follow your finger. tree →
• Grandma still has an old plasma TV. tree →
• Some people donate plasma to help patients. tree →

note

Uncountable in the science senses. Pronounced PLAZ-ma. Trap: in science «plasma» (state of matter) has nothing to do with blood plasma — same word, different meanings. Do not confuse with «plaster».

In the corpora

• Lightning and glowing signs contain plasma, a fourth state: gas so hot or charged that its atoms lose electrons.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plasma» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.