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Definition: Protoplasm |
ProtoplasmNoun1. The living substance of a cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "protoplasm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Etymology: Protoplasm \Pro"to*plasm\, noun. [Proto- Greek expression form, from to mold.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ProtoplasmSynonym: living substance (n). (additional references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Protoplasm."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Organization | Protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein; albumen; structure; organization, organism. |
Productiveness | Milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey; second crop, aftermath; aftercrop, aftergrowth; arrish, eddish, rowen; protoplasm; fertilization. |
Prototype | Text, copy, design; fugleman, keynote. die, mold; matrix, last, plasm; proplasm, protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Protoplasm |
| English words defined with "protoplasm": acanthocyte, Alecithal, Anastate ♦ Bathybius, Bioplasm, blood platelet ♦ Cell division, Chromatophore, Cytoblastema, Cytode, cytoplasm ♦ Demilune, Deutoplasm ♦ Ectosarc, Eleidin, Endogenous multiplication, Entoplasm, Entoplastic ♦ Fovilla ♦ germ plasm, Germogen, Gymnoplast ♦ Hygroplasm ♦ Idioplasma ♦ karyoplasm, Karyoplasma, Karyostenosis ♦ Leucoplastid ♦ Micella, Mitome, Monadiform, Monerula, Myeloidin ♦ nucleoplasm ♦ Oospere ♦ Paramitome, Perinuclear, plasm, Plasmogen, Plastide, Plastidule, platelet, Protoplasmic ♦ Rejuvenescence ♦ Sarcode, slime mold, slime mould, Spermoplasma, Stereoplasm ♦ thrombocyte. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "protoplasm": Cytoplasmic Streaming ♦ decomposers ♦ Protoplasm, Sarcode. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Protoplasm" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Protoplasm" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
protoplasm | 22 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "protoplasm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | protoplazmë (plasm, plasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مادة أساسية في الخلايا, جبلة, الجبلة الأولى, بروتوبلازما. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | протоплазма (plasm, plasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 原"質 , 原浆. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | protoplazma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | protoplasma (protoplasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | protoplasma (bioplasm, protoplasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ماده اصلی جسم سلولی , سفیده یاخته , جرم زنده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alkulima (protoplasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | protoplasme (protoplasma, protoplast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | protoplasma (protoplasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωτόπλασμα (plasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אב חומר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | protoplazma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | protoplasma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | protoplasma (plasm, plasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 原形質 (plasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | '"けいしつ (plasma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 원형질. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | protoplasmey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otoplasmpray protoplasma (bioplasm, plasm, plasma). (various references) protoplasmã. (various references) протоплазма (bioplasm, bioplast, protoplasmatic). (various references) protoplazma. (various references) protoplasma (protoplasma). (various references) protoplasma (protoplasma). (various references) protoplazma, ilk biçim. (various references) протоплазма (blastema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | protoplasma. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "protoplasm": protoplasmic, protoplasms. (additional references) | |
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"Protoplasm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: protoblues, protoplasim. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "protoplasm" (pronounced 'Pro"to*plasm'): Archoplasm, Bioplasm, Cataplasm, Cytoplasm, Metaplasm, Mythoplasm, Neoplasm, Nucleoplasm, Plasm, Proplasm, Stereoplasm. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-o-o-p-p-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: lamppost, marplots, postoral, proposal, prosomal, taprooms. | |
-3 letters: apropos, laptops, marplot, mortals, osmolar, patrols, poplars, portals, prompts, prosoma, stromal, taproom. | |
-4 letters: almost, laptop, molars, moolas, morals, mortal, motors, orlops, parols, pastor, patrol, polars, poplar, portal, postal, promos, prompt, saloop, smalto, sporal, stomal, stroma, tolars, tramps, tromps, troops. | |
-5 letters: altos, amort, aport, atoms, lamps, loams, looms. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-o-o-p-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: protoplasms. | |
+2 letters: protoplasmic. | |
+4 letters: campylotropous, spatiotemporal. | |
+5 letters: monopropellants. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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