plasma
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- noun
- /ˈplæzmə/
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pantalla de plasma
- I bought myself a plasma TV and digital recorder for Christmas.
- a plasma TV
Guys, did you know that some plasma TV's have FireWire input?
- Guys, did you know that some plasma TV's have FireWire input?
- Most TV's these days are LCD panels or LED or whatever, maybe plasma.
- As I do, there's a man at the corner of the gas station outside and he has this big box, ATV box, plasma screen.
- Yeah, we have the we have the research team that developed the the plasma TV.
Examples
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Samsung moved from a seller of stodgy electronics to an edgy developer of flat-panel plasma TVs, largely by getting different departments.
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We've got Seadoos, lasers, wireless internet, plasma screens, satellite TVs, all the toys and whistles.
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Last year we bought our first plasma TV and we LOVE it.
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And you have a 55-inch Plasma TV in your room?
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From the bar, I looked out at the patrons, whose eyes were already fixed on the plasma screens on the restaurant's front and back walls.
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Yeah, then we can kick back and watch Marlins highlights on this 65" plasma.
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Guys, did you know that some plasma TV's have FireWire input?
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When it comes to large screens, its main competitors are rear projection and plasma TVs.
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The living room features a stunning 65-inch plasma TV that displays vibrant colors.
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In the sports bar, large plasma screens show the big game, drawing in enthusiastic fans.
Compounds
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The pale yellow liquid part of blood that holds blood cells and carries proteins and nutrients
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A thin flexible layer around a cell that controls what enters and leaves it
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A serious lung infection that inflames the tissue between air spaces, often in babies or people with weak immune systems
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A protein in blood that helps it to clot and whose lack causes heavy bleeding
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Etymology
Plasma in 'plasma TV' comes from the physics meaning: the screen makes images by tiny cells of ionized gas called plasma that glow to form the picture, so the TV name comes directly from the glowing plasma inside the panel.