3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plasma  \Plas"ma\,  n.  [See  {Plasm}.] 
  1.  (Min.)  A  variety  of  quartz,  of  a  color  between  grass  green 
  and  leek  green,  which  is  found  associated  with  common 
  chalcedony.  It  was  much  esteemed  by  the  ancients  for 
  making  engraved  ornaments. 
 
  2.  (Biol.)  The  viscous  material  of  an  animal  or  vegetable 
  cell,  out  of  which  the  various  tissues  are  formed  by  a 
  process  of  differentiation;  protoplasm. 
 
  3.  Unorganized  material;  elementary  matter. 
 
  4.  (Med.)  A  mixture  of  starch  and  glycerin,  used  as  a 
  substitute  for  ointments.  --U.  S.  Disp. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plasma 
  n  1:  an  electrically  neutral  ionized  gas  in  an  electric 
  discharge;  distinctly  different  from  solids  and  liquids 
  and  normal  gases 
  2:  any  watery  animal  fluid  [syn:  {serum},  {plasm}] 
  3:  a  green  slightly  translucent  variety  of  chalcedony  used  as  a 
  gemstone 
  4:  (physical  chemistry)  the  gaseous  state  of  hot  ionized 
  material  consisting  of  ions  and  electrons  and  present  in 
  the  stars  and  fusion  reactors:  sometimes  regarded  as  a 
  fourth  state  of  matter  distinct  from  normal  gasses 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  PLASMA 
 
  PLAnner-like  System  Modelled  on  Actors.  {Carl  Hewitt},  1975. 
  The  first  {actor}  language.  Originally  called  Planner-73,  and 
  implemented  in  MacLisp.  Lisp-like  syntax,  but  with  several 
  kinds  of  parentheses  and  brackets. 
 
  ["A  PLASMA  Primer",  B.  Smith  et  al  AI  Lab  Working  Paper  92, 
  MIT  Oct  1975]. 
 
  ["Viewing  Control  Structures  as  Patterns  of  Passing  Messages", 
  C.  Hewitt,  AI  Lab  Memo  410,  MIT  1976]. 
 
 

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