Plasma vs Coat - What's the difference?
plasma | coat |
(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 )
(lb) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
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*:Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days.Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
(lb) A covering of material, such as paint.(w)
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
(lb) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
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Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
(lb) A petticoat.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:a child in coats
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:She was sought by spirits of richest coat .
A coat of arms.(w)
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat .
A coat card.
*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
*:Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
To cover with a coat of some material
To cover as a coat.
As verbs the difference between plasma and coat
is that plasma is while coat is to cover with a coat of some material.As a noun coat is
(lb) an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.plasma
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(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?
Anagrams
* (l), (l), (l) ----coat
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
Derived terms
* buffy coat * coat of arms * greatcoat * covert-coat * overcoatVerb
(en verb)- One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
