Ectoplasm
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Ectoplasm may refer to:
- Ectoplasm (cell biology)Ectoplasm (cell biology)Ectoplasm refers to the outer, non-granulated part of a cell's cytoplasm. This is opposed to the endoplasm which is the inner layer of the cytoplasm, and often is granulated. It is clear, and protects as well as transports things within the cell. Moreover, large numbers of actin filaments...
, the outer part of the cytoplasm - Ectoplasm (paranormal)Ectoplasm (paranormal)Ectoplasm is a term coined by Charles Richet to denote a substance or spiritual energy "exteriorized" by physical mediums...
, supposed physical substance that manifests as a result of spiritual energy or psychic phenomenon - Ectoplasm (radio show)Ectoplasm (radio show)Ectoplasm was a 2000 BBC Radio 4 comedy series written by and starring Dan Freedman and Nick Romero. Unlike the other radio work of Freedman and Romero, this series features single, coherent stories in each episode; certain motifs do, however, appear in all of the tales, e.g...
, BBC Radio 4 comedy series - Ectoplasm, a cocktail with vodka
- Ectoplasm, condensation caused by a sudden drop in pressure, as in following the shock wave of a supersonicSupersonicSupersonic speed is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound . For objects traveling in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C this speed is approximately 343 m/s, 1,125 ft/s, 768 mph or 1,235 km/h. Speeds greater than five times the speed of sound are often...
aircraft - Ectoplasm, a technique for constructing component actions of supersymmetricSupersymmetryIn particle physics, supersymmetry is a symmetry that relates elementary particles of one spin to other particles that differ by half a unit of spin and are known as superpartners...
field theoriesQuantum field theoryQuantum field theory provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanical models of systems classically parametrized by an infinite number of dynamical degrees of freedom, that is, fields and many-body systems. It is the natural and quantitative language of particle physics and...