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superplasma en · NOUN

Etymology

From super- + plasma.

Meanings

  1. (countable, rare, uncountable) Extremely powerful plasma.
    • However, just after the phase transition, the appearance of an immense number of different particles in a corresponding number of degrees of freedom, and in practice produces an increase of the temperature of the cosmic medium (which is now a sort of "superplasma"). 2016, Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto, Angelo Tartaglia, Physics: The Ultimate Adventure, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 168:
    • The interstellar craft sped through the vast blackness of deep space at incredible speed. The sole occupant reposed in comfort within a bubble of protective superplasma in a state of suspended animation. 2009, Wayne Berry, Is This the Fun Part?: An Anthology, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 266:
    • Analogously, if I believed that the only enmattered intelligent are humans and had a crazy neighbor who believed in the existence of "superplasma"-based sapient aliens, I would not need to understand the concept of "superplasma" to believe my neighbor's claims to be false --- if would suffice that I would know that whatever my neighbor meant by it, it was a form of matter. 2006, Alexander R. Pruss, The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 192:

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