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sublimate
Found in thesaurus: gas, airt, redirect, change, modify, alter, better, ameliorate, meliorate, improve, amend, aerify, gasify, vaporize, vaporise
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sublimate
v.
transform a solid directly into a gas or a gas directly into a solid (Chemistry); redirect instinctual energy into socially constructive channels (Psychoanalysis)
n.
product created by means of chemical sublimation
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Sublimation
Sublimation may refer to:
- Sublimation (phase transition), the change from solid to gas without passing through the liquid phase
- Sublimation (psychology), the transformation of emotions
- Sublimation (album), a music album by Canvas Solaris
- Volcanic sublimate, a product of deposition from vapors around volcanic vents
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sublimate
Noun
1. the product of vaporization of a solid
(hypernym) gas
(hyponym) mercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate
(derivation) sublime
Verb
1. direct energy or urges into useful activities
(hypernym) redirect, airt
(hyponym) desexualize, desexualise
(derivation) sublimation
2. make more subtle or refined
(synonym) rarefy, subtilize
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
3. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
(synonym) purify, make pure, distill
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) refine, rectify
(verb-group) distill, distil
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
4. change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
(synonym) sublime
(hypernym) gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
5. vaporize and then condense right back again
(synonym) sublime
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) resublime
(entail) condense
Adjective
1. made pure
(synonym) purified, refined
(similar) pure
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Sublimat (das)
n.
sublimate, product of sublimation, purified or refined substance
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sublimare
v.
sublime, sublimate
