transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplaz-mə ]
noun
Etymology: German, from Late Latin, something molded, from Greek, from plassein to mold — more at plaster
Date: 1772
1. : a green faintly translucent quartz
2.
[New Latin, from Late Latin]
a. : the fluid part of blood, lymph, or milk as distinguished from suspended material ; especially : blood plasma
b. : the juice that can be expressed from muscle
3. : protoplasm
4. : a collection of charged particles (as in the atmospheres of stars or in a metal) containing about equal numbers of positive ions and electrons and exhibiting some properties of a gas but differing from a gas in being a good conductor of electricity and in being affected by a magnetic field
5. : a display (as a television screen) consisting of discrete cells of plasma sandwiched between two layers of glass and electrodes such that each cell emits light when it receives an electric current
• plas·mat·ic plaz-ˈma-tik adjective