sublimation
See also: Sublimation
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiō, from Latin sublīmō (“I raise, I elevate”, verb). Synchronically, sublimate + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sublimation (countable and uncountable, plural sublimations)
- (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).
- (psychology) The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive. [from 20th c.]
- Elevation; exaltation; a making sublime.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]phase transition
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transformation of an impulse
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin sublimatio.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]sublimation f (plural sublimations)
Further reading
[edit]- “sublimation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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