Plasma

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Plasma or plasm may refer to:

Biology

Blood plasma, the yellow-colored liquid component of blood, in which blood cells are suspended
Cytoplasm, a jelly-like substance that fills cells, suspends and protects organelles
Germ plasm, a zone in the cytoplasm determining germ cells
Germplasm, describes a collection of genetic resources for an organism
Milk plasma or whey, the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained
Nucleoplasm, a highly viscous liquid that surrounds the chromosomes and nucleoli
Protoplasm, the entire living substance inside the cell membrane or cell wall

KDE Plasma Workspaces, an umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE
Plasma effect, a computer-based animated visual effect, used in graphics demonstrations

Plasma (mineral), bright green chalcedony or jasper, sometimes found with small red spots of hematite resembling blood drops (heliotrope or bloodstone)

Plasma (physics), an ionized state of matter similar to a gas. Common applications include the following:
- Plasma antenna, a type of radio antenna that uses plasma instead of the metal elements of a traditional antenna
- Plasma display, a flat-panel electronic visual display technology, commonly used for televisions
- Plasma globe, a novelty item that was most popular in the 1980s
- Plasma lamp, a type of electrode-less lamp energized by radio frequency power
- Plasma weapon, any theoretical firearm designed to use plasma (high-energy ionized gas)
  - Plasma weapon (fiction), plasma firearms in fiction, common in science fiction and comics
- Plasma arc welding, joining of metals by coalescence using plasma arc as a heat source with or without filler metal
- Plasma cutting, cutting of metals using a plasma arc
Quark–gluon plasma, an extremely energetic state of matter where nuclear particles dissociate into free quarks and gluons