Plasmon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The aggregate of cytoplasmic or extranuclear genetic material in an organism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. All the genetic material in an organism.
  • n. The quanta of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A flourlike food preparation made from skim milk, and consisting essentially of the unaltered proteid of milk. It is also used in making biscuits and crackers, for mixing with cocoa, etc. A mixture of this with butter, water, and salt is called Plasmon butter, and resembles clotted cream in appearance.
  • Word Usage
    "Ordinarily, visible-light lasers cannot be narrower than the wavelength of the light being used, but researchers have found ways around that fundamental limit by using a virtual particle called a plasmon, which is like a wave passing through a cloud of electrons."
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    plasma    photon    plasmonics    phonon   
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