plasmagenic
plasmagenic adjective: of, relating to, or designating a plasmagene.
Adjective (1)
plasmagenic (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or designating a plasmagene.
- Any difference between the original lines and the selections must be due either to dominant nuclear mutations, or plasmagenic mutations.1968, Proceedings - Issue 3, page 371
- The problem of triticale seed shrivelling was treated in another different way, by starting a process of plasmagenic mutagenesis that perhaps it is interesting to describe.2012 December 6, Henrique Guedes-Pinto, Norman Darvey, Valdemar P. Carnide, Triticale: Today and Tomorrow, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 75
Adjective (2)
plasmagenic (not comparable)
- That forms plasma when heated or subjected to a strong electromagnetic field.
- Among the plasmagenic gases, the most commonly used, can be listed: pure argon, nitrogen, hydrogen, helium or mixtures thereof. This plasma provides a very intense caloric energy and a very strong kinetic energy.2022, Madalina-Simona Baltatu, Dumitru-Doru Burduhos-Nergis, Diana Petronela Burduhos-Nergis, Petrica Vizureanu, Advanced Metallic Biomaterials, Materials Research Forum LLC, →ISBN, page 141
Origin of plasmagenic
From plasmagene + -ic. First attested in the 1950s.
From plasma + -genic.
Questions about plasmagenic
- What does plasmagenic mean?
- Plasmagenic means of, relating to, or designating a plasmagene.
- What part of speech is plasmagenic?
- Plasmagenic is an adjective.
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