Plasma-based weaponry — is any group of weapons designed to use high energy ionized gas or plasma , typically created by superheating lasers or superfrequency devices. There has been notable interest in its development. One plasma prototype weapon exists in Russia which … Wikipedia
Plasma (comics) — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Plasma real name=Leila O Toole species=Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Marvel Comics Presents #24 (Jul 1989) creators=Howard Mackie and Rich Buckler alliance… … Wikipedia
plasma — plasmatic /plaz mat ik/, plasmic, adj. /plaz meuh/, n. 1. Anat., Physiol. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements. 2. Cell Biol. cytoplasm. 3. whey. 4. a green, faintly translucent chalcedony. 5. Physics. a … Universalium
Plasma propulsion engine — A plasma propulsion engine is a kind of Ion thruster which uses plasma in some or all parts of the thrust generation process. Though far less powerful than conventional rocket engines, plasma engines are able to operate at higher efficiencies and … Wikipedia
Plasma-powered cannon — For a gun which fires only plasma and not a solid projectile, see plasma rifle or raygun. A plasma cannon (also called an electricothermal accelerator) is an experimental projectile weapon, which accelerates its projectile, by producing a… … Wikipedia
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry — ICP MS Instrument Acronym ICP MS Classification Mass spectrometry Analytes atomic and polyatomic species in plasma, with exceptions; usually inte … Wikipedia
Pinch (plasma physics) — For other uses, see Pinch (disambiguation). Lightning bolts illustrating electromagnetically pinched plasma filaments … Wikipedia
Blood plasma — is the straw colored liquid component of blood in which the blood cells in whole blood are normally suspended. It makes up about 55% of the total blood volume. It is the intravascular fluid part of extracellular fluid (all body fluid outside of… … Wikipedia
Large Plasma Device — The Large Plasma Device is an experimental physics device at UCLA. It is designed as a general purpose laboratory for experimental plasma physics research. The current version of the device began operation in 2001. The modern LaPD is operated as… … Wikipedia
Double layer (plasma) — This article is about the structure in plasma physics. For other uses, see Double layer. Saturnian aurora whose reddish colour is characteristic of ionized hydrogen plasma.[1] Powered by the Saturnian equivalent of (filamentary) Birkeland… … Wikipedia
The World at the End of Time — infobox Book | name = The World at the End of Time title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = Frederik Pohl cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction… … Wikipedia
