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A proprietary dried milk product used as a fortifying agent in biscuits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.
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Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
All the genetic material outside the cell nucleus.
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Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *pláthyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der. Late Latin plasmader. English plasma Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h1ey- Proto-Indo-European *h1éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electronbf. Ancient Greek -ον (-on)influ. English -on English plasmon From plasma + -on, modelled after electron.
From (cyto)plasm + -on.
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