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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLASMON; PLASMON BUTTER

Plas "mon, n. [Cf. Plasma. ]

Defn: A flourlike food preparation made from skim milk, and consisting essentially of the unaltered proteid of milk. It is also used in making biscuits and crackers, for mixing with cocoa, etc. A mixture of this with butter, water, and salt is called Plasmon butter, and resembles clotted cream in appearance.

New American Oxford Dictionary

plasmon

plas mon |ˈplazˌmän ˈplæzˌmɑn | ▶noun Physics a quantum or quasiparticle associated with a local collective oscillation of charge density. ORIGIN 1950s: from plasma + -on .

Oxford Dictionary

plasmon

plasmon |ˈplazmɒn | ▶noun Physics a quantum or quasiparticle associated with a local collective oscillation of charge density. ORIGIN 1950s: from plasma + -on .

Duden Dictionary

Plasmon

Plas mon Substantiv, Neutrum Biologie , das |Plasm o n |Gesamtheit der Erbfaktoren des Protoplasmas