hyperplasma

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hyper- +‎ plasma

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)plæzmə/

Noun[edit]

hyperplasma (usually uncountable, plural hyperplasmas)

  1. (science fiction, rare) Very advanced and powerful plasma; superplasma.
    • 1986, Victor Milán, The Cybernetic Samurai[1], Berkley, →ISBN, page 139:
      Somewhere in the midst of searing, blinding pain a tiny mode of coherence bobbed, buffeted on shrieking data currents. O’Neill felt cosmic fingers trying to rip her self apart, to abolish her mind orders and meld her with the formless hyperplasma of the universe’s beginning.
    • 2010, Alexander Christian Irvine, Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron[2], Titan, →ISBN, page 198:
      A concentrated hyperplasma of Energon, drawn via a transdimensional gateway from the endless supply of Energon that enlivened the planet Cybertron itself.
    • 2015 February 10, alexea56, Mastajdog, “Tricobalt torpedo's [sic]”, in reddit.com[3]:
      The big thing about the hyperplasma torp is that all of it's [sic] torps are destructible, so against any enemy with AOE, they're completely worthless.