Plasma vs Ylem - What's the difference?
plasma | ylem |
(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas
(hematology) A clear component of blood or lymph containing fibrin
(hematology) Blood plasma, free of suspended cells, used in transfusions
(mineralogy) A variety of green quartz, used in ancient times for making engraved ornaments.
(medicine, dated) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments.
(computer graphics, demoscene) A visual effect in which cycles of changing colours are warped in various ways to give the illusion of liquid organic movement.
* 1999 , "Rage Matrix", Coding plasma demos....HELP!'' (on newsgroup ''comp.programming )
In the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma of which the cosmos consisted at the time of recombination in an early stage of its expansion and cooling, when the first atoms formed and photons decoupled, the source of the cosmic background radiation.
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, author= James Blish
, title= A Clash of Cymbals (UK)/The Triumph of Time (USA)
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, passage= The ylem was the primordial flux of neutrons out of which all else emerged.}}
As a verb plasma
is .As a noun ylem is
in the big bang theory, the hot and dense plasma of which the cosmos consisted at the time of recombination in an early stage of its expansion and cooling, when the first atoms formed and photons decoupled, the source of the cosmic background radiation.plasma
English
(wikipedia plasma)Noun
- Has anyone here written a plasma demo in C/C++ who would be willing to explain to me exactly how it works?