plasmagenic

English

Etymology 1

From plasmagene +‎ -ic. First attested in the 1950s.

Adjective

plasmagenic (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or designating a plasmagene.
   • 1968, Proceedings - Issue 3‎^[1], page 371:

     Any difference between the original lines and the selections must be due either to dominant nuclear mutations, or plasmagenic mutations.

   • 2012 December 6, Henrique Guedes-Pinto, Norman Darvey, Valdemar P. Carnide, Triticale: Today and Tomorrow, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 75:

     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.

Etymology 2

From plasma +‎ -genic.

Adjective

plasmagenic (not comparable)

1. That forms plasma when heated or subjected to a strong electromagnetic field.
   • 2022, Madalina-Simona Baltatu, Dumitru-Doru Burduhos-Nergis, Diana Petronela Burduhos-Nergis, Petrica Vizureanu, Advanced Metallic Biomaterials, Materials Research Forum LLC, →ISBN, page 141:

     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.

Further reading

• “plasmagenic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “plasmagenic” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• “plasmagenic”, in Collins English Dictionary.