sublimation

See also: Sublimation

English

Etymology

From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiōnem, from Latin sublīmō (“I raise, I elevate”, verb).

Noun

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.]
2. (psychology) The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive. [from 20th c.]
3. Elevation; exaltation; a making sublime.

Derived terms

• desublimation
• sublimation energy

Related terms

• sublimate

Translations

phase transition

• Catalan: sublimació f
• Czech: sublimace (cs) f
• Dutch: vervluchtigen (nl)
• Finnish: sublimoituminen (fi), sublimointi (fi)
• French: sublimation (fr) f
• German: Sublimierung (de) f, Sublimation (de) f
• Greek: εξάχνωση (el) f (exáchnosi)
• Icelandic: þurrgufun f
• Italian: sublimazione (it) f
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• Japanese: 昇華 (ja) (shōka)
• Korean: 승화 (ko) (seunghwa)
• Malay: pemejalwapan
• Maori: whāhaurehutanga
• Polish: sublimacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: sublimação (pt) f
• Russian: сублима́ция (ru) f (sublimácija), возгонка (ru) f (vozgonka)
• Spanish: sublimación f
• Swedish: sublimering (sv) c
• Tagalog: lakdasingaw, lakdawsingaw, alim, alob

transformation of an impulse

• Catalan: sublimació f
• Czech: sublimace (cs) f
• Finnish: sublimoituminen (fi)
• German: Sublimierung (de) f, Sublimation (de) f
• Icelandic: göfgun f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: sublimazione (it) f
• Polish: sublimacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: sublimação (pt) f
• Russian: сублима́ция (ru) f (sublimácija)
• Swedish: sublimering (sv) c

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sublimatio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sublimation f (plural sublimations)

1. sublimate

Further reading

• “sublimation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.