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plasmon

British  
/ ˈplæzmɒn /

noun

  1. genetics the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of plasmon

C20: from German, from Greek plasma. See plasma


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Using cellular thermal shift assays, microscale thermophoresis, and surface plasmon resonance, they identified ACOT1 as a direct molecular target of obakulactone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

A series of tests, including cellular thermal shift assays, microscale thermophoresis, and surface plasmon resonance experiments, showed that OL binds directly to ACOT1.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

Previous studies published in Science and Nature Communications had already observed tightly confined light waves called hyperbolic plasmon polaritons traveling through the crystal.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026

With their THz spectroscope, they observed that excited streams of electrons reflect off the edges to form a type of hybrid light-matter quasiparticle called a plasmon polariton.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025

On the second depot journey and the main summer journeys, a three-ounce glaxo biscuit was used in place of four and a half ounces of plasmon biscuit.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson

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