Plasmatic

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to (blood) plasma. not-comparable

    "Since most plasmatic fractions are virus-inactivated, they seem to be somewhat safer than blood products that are not."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to protoplasm. not-comparable

    "Nevertheless, the determining causes cannot at present be precisely defined, and it is hardly probable that the plasmatic membrane is simply the direct expression of the physical surface tension, which is necessarily always present."

  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to plasma (partially ionized gas and electrons). not-comparable

    "[…] fluctuations of electron concentration within a fast electron stream when it penetrates the ionospheric plasma; such fluctuations, of the plasmatic oscillation type, may arise in the case of a double-stage instability."

  4. 4
    Malleable or flowing like plasma. figuratively, not-comparable

    "Buckley's voice(s) ooze like plasma[…]forming a sort of honeycomb of vocal jouissance[…]Wilhelm Reich believed mysticism was a sublimated longing for orgasm's 'cosmic plasmatic sensations'. Buckley literally sculpted an entire song out of orgasm[…]"

  5. 5
    Involving the transformation from one form to another; metamorphic. not-comparable

    "This dual function should be no surprise, for, as Eisenstein argues of animated films featuring plasmatic metamorphosis It's natural to expect that such a strong tendency of the trransformation of stable forms into forms of mobility could not be confined solely to means of form: this tendency exceeds the boundaries of form and extends to subject and theme."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “anything formed or molded”) (genitive πλάσματος (plásmatos)) + -ic.

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