sublation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sublātiō (“removal”).
Noun
[edit]sublation (countable and uncountable, plural sublations)
- (chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
- Removal, taking away.
- (philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
- Synonym: Aufhebung