sublimation

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiōnem, from Latin sublīmō (I raise, I elevate, verb). Morphologically sublimate +‎ -ion

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sublimation (countable and uncountable, plural sublimations)

  1. (chemistry) The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase. [from late 14th c.]
    • 2023 September 20, Tom Ingall, “Freezing the leaves off the line”, in RAIL, number 992, page 46:
      It uses dry ice pellets (capsules of frozen carbon dioxide), blown at supersonic speed onto the railhead through a small nozzle. Any leaf contamination on the line is frozen, becoming brittle. The pellets then change instantly from solid to gas without going through a liquid stage (a process known as sublimation).
  2. (psychology) The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive. [from 20th c.]
  3. Elevation; exaltation; a making sublime.

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin sublimatio.

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sublimation f (plural sublimations)

  1. sublimate

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