superplasma

superplasma

English

Etymology

super- +‎ plasma

Noun

superplasma (countable and uncountable, plural superplasmas)

1. (physics, rare) Extremely powerful plasma.
   • 2006, Alexander R. Pruss, The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 192:

     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.

   • 2009, Wayne Berry, Is This the Fun Part?: An Anthology‎, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 266:

     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.

   • 2016, Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto, Angelo Tartaglia, Physics: The Ultimate Adventure‎, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 168:

     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").