Plasma or plasm may refer to:

Science

Plasma (physics) Plasma () is a state of matter characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons. It is the most abundant form of ordinary matter in the universe, mostly in stars (including the ...

, 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 Thermodynamic equilibrium#Local and global equilibrium, thermal (local kinetic) and (close to) chemical (abundance) equilibrium. The word ''plasm ...

, a state of matter in quantum chromodynamics

Biology

Blood plasma Blood plasma is a light Amber (color), amber-colored liquid component of blood in which blood cells are absent, but which contains Blood protein, proteins and other constituents of whole blood in Suspension (chemistry), suspension. It makes up ...

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

Cytoplasm The cytoplasm describes all the material within a eukaryotic or prokaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, including the organelles and excluding the nucleus in eukaryotic cells. The material inside the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell a ...

, 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 ...

, a zone in the cytoplasm determining germ cells *

Germplasm Germplasm refers to genetic resources such as seeds, tissues, and DNA sequences that are maintained for the purpose of animal and plant breeding, conservation efforts, agriculture, and other research uses. These resources may take the form of s ...

, a collection of genetic resources for an organism * Milk plasma 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 r ...

, 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 cells and secrete large quantities of proteins called antibodies in response to being presented specific substances ca ...

, white blood cells that secrete large volumes of antibodies *

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

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

Technology

Plasma (game engine) CyanWorlds.com Engine (formerly Plasma) is a real-time 3D game engine A game engine is a software framework primarily designed for the development of video games which generally includes relevant libraries and support programs such as a level e ...

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

Plasma display A plasma display panel is a type of flat-panel display that uses small cells containing Plasma (physics), plasma: Ionization, ionized gas that responds to electric fields. Plasma televisions were the first large (over diagonal) flat-panel displ ...

, 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. the plasma effect involves manipulating color values over time ...

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

KDE Plasma KDE Plasma is a Shell (computing), graphical shell developed by the KDE community for Unix-like operating systems. It serves as the interface layer between the user and the operating system, providing a graphical user interface (GUI) and workspa ...

, graphical environments provided by KDE

Arts, entertainment and media

Plasma (drag queen) Plasma is the stage name of Taylor Ratliff (born November 6, 1998), an American drag performer, actor, and singer. Plasma is best known for competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life and education Ratliff was born in Austin, ...

, an American drag performer * ''Plasma'' (Trey Anastasio album), a 2003 live album * ''Plasma'' (Perfume album), a 2022 studio album *

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 po ...

, 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 inf ...

, a fictional villainous organization from ''Pokémon''

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