plasma jet

noun

: a stream of very hot ionized plasma
also : a device for producing such a stream

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Meanwhile, other matter is channeled to the poles of the black hole, from where it is blasted away as high-energy plasma jets travelling at near-light speeds. Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 June 2026 In laboratory tests, the team trained their plasma jet on samples of Staphylococcus caprae, a skin bacterium previously detected on the ISS. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026 The corona’s fluffy appearance is caused by short plasma jets called spicules. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025 The highest-resolution data ever of a GRG revealed a complex interplay between the plasma jets and hot gas in the voids between galaxies in a cluster that is beyond current knowledge. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 An air compressor forces high-pressure air at a rate of 30 liters per minute into an ionization chamber in the device, which uses microwaves to convert this air stream into a plasma jet blasted out of a quartz tube. IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2020 These near-parallel strands seemed to be connecting the swirling lobes at the ends of the galaxy’s two plasma jets to each other. Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020 For over a century, astronomers have puzzled over solar spicules, the millions of plasma jets that cover the sun’s surface like whiskers. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019 These guns are designed to shoot plasma jets of ionized gas into the chamber, targeting, compressing, and heating a cloud of fusion fuel inside. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2019

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First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of plasma jet was in 1957

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“Plasma jet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plasma%20jet. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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