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Definition: Sublimation |
SublimationNoun1. (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid. 2. (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sublimation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Sublimation \Sub"li*ma`tion\, noun. [from Late Latin expression sublimatio: compare to the French expression sublimation.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Aerospace | The transmission of a substance directly from the solid state to the vapor state, or vice versa, without passing through the intermediate liquid state. See condensation, evaporation. (references) |
Chemistry | A process in which a solid body is converted directly into the vapour phase and subsequently reconverted directly back into the solid phase without any intermediate passage through the liquid phase. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Vaporization, without liquefying, of the snow in deeper layers caused by the heat of the earth followed by condensation of the resulting water vapour at the surface ; direct change of phase from solid to vapour. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Health | A defense mechanism through which unacceptable impulses and instinctive urges are diverted into personally and socially acceptable channels; e.g., aggression may be diverted through sports activities. (references) |
Medicine | In psycho analysis:the directing by instinct of itself towards an aim other than and remote from that of sexual gratification. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The process by which a solid substance vaporizes without passing through a liquid stage. CF:evaporation b. The process of ore deposition, as of sulfur or mercury, by vapors; the volatilization and transportation of minerals followed by their deposition at reduced temperatures and pressures. Sublimation deposits are generallyassociated with fumarolic activity. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Sublimation of an element or substance is a conversion between the solid and the gaseous states with no liquid intermediate stage.
At normal pressures, most chemical compounds and elements possess three different states at different temperatures.
Carbon dioxide is a common example of a compound that sublimes at normal pressures (see dry ice). Iodine is another example. Snow and water ice also sublime, though more slowly, at below-freezing temperatures.
See also: Phases of matter, deposition
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sublimation."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Elevation | Noun: elevation; raising; Verb: erection, lift; sublevation, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence; (convexity). |
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Crosswords: Sublimation |
| English words defined with "sublimation": Aludel ♦ Benzoic acid, Bombolo ♦ Caput mortuum ♦ Indigo blue ♦ Sublimatory ♦ Tutty. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sublimation": crystal casts ♦ evaporative ice ♦ flower of sulphur, Freeze Etching, freeze-dry process, freeze-drying ♦ lyophilization ♦ OPTICAL-ELEMENT COATER ♦ sublimated substrate, sublimation-growth epitaxial substrate, sublimed sulphur, sublimer, subliming ablator. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sublimation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (sublimation), German (sublimation). |
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Business | Locally produced products still have low quality levels, due to backward production technologies used, such as crystallization, distillation, extraction, sublimation, and direct synthesis methods. (references) | |
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| "Sublimation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sublimation" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 26 | 68,323 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sublimation": heat of sublimation ♦ sublimation product. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "sublimation": sublimation-growth. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sublimation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sublimim (sublimate), lartësim (elevation, exaltation, lifting up, raising, sublimate), fisnikërim (ennoblement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تكرر (echo, recur, repeat, repetition, run), تهذيب (breeding, cultivation, culture, discipline, edification, expurgation, polish, politeness, precept, pruning, purgation, refinement, reformation, retouch, revision, urbanity), تسام (exaltation), تصعد (evaporation, sublimate, sublime, volatilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сублимация, сублимиране. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 升华 (sublimated, Sublimating, sublime, sublimed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sublimace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sublimering, sublimation, tilfoersel (alimentation, etc.), input, other forms of precipitation, supply, various processes which operate to increase the mass of a glacier or of a snow-field (deposition of snow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sublimatio, sublimatie, alimentatie (alimony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sublimaatio, jäätikön paksuuntuminen (alimentation, etc.), other forms of precipitation, various processes which operate to increase the mass of a glacier or of a snow-field (deposition of snow), härmistyminen (subliming), härmistäminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sublimation (subliming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sublimierung, sublimation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξάχνωση (sublimate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ע"ון (delight, elegance, enjoyment, fineness, refinement), זקוק (distillation, purification, refinement), זכוך (cleansing, purification, rarefaction), "אצל" (emanation, ennobling, inspiration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szublimálás, nemesítés (ageing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sublimazione (subliming), alimentazione (alimentation, catering, diet, feed, feeding, firing, supply). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 昇華 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうか (anthem, berry, brothel, carol, commercial course, crystallization, digestion, extinguishing a fire, fire fighting, going up and down, high and low, hymn of praise, juicy fruit, mercantile house, merchant, nitrification, singing, slight mistake, songs, store, summering, the government and the people). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ublimationsay sublimação (abstraction). (various references) сублимация (sublimations), возгонка (dry distillation). (various references) sublimacija. (various references) sublimación (subliming). (various references) sublimering. (various references) süblimleştirme, süblimleşme, yüceltme (apotheosis, deification, ennoblement, exaltation, uplift, veneration), ulvileştirme, bilinçaltındaki güdüleri iyiye yönlendirme. (various references) сублімація, піднесення (ascension, climb, effervescence, effervescency, exaltation, lift, lifting, pathos, presentation, spring tide, upturn, wave), перегін (sublimate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sublimation": sublimations. (additional references) | |
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"Sublimation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: silanation, sublication, sublimnation, sublimsation, tubeligation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "sublimation" (pronounced 'Sub"li*ma`tion'): Ablution, Aftersensation, Capitalization, Captation, Captivation, Carburization, Cross-question, Dynamization, Frigefaction, Fructuation, Fulguration, fulmination, Funambulation, Galvanization, insinuation, Penetration, Reforestization, strangulation, Subalternation, Underaction, Underfaction. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: simulation. | |
-2 letters: ablutions, abutilons, ambitions, ambitious, binomials, libations, olibanums, sublation. | |
-3 letters: ablution, abutilon, albinism, albumins, ambition, bailouts, bimanous, binomial, botulins, botulism, bulimias, butanols, laminous, libation, luminist, manitous, minilabs, minutial, misbuilt, niobiums, olibanum, sibilant, simulant, solatium, subtilin, taboulis, tinamous. | |
-4 letters: aiblins, albinos, albumin, alumins, amounts, animist, bailout, bastion, bilious, biotins, bonitas, botulin, bulimia, butanol, inbuilt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: sublimations. | |
+2 letters: umbilications. | |
+3 letters: somnambulistic, subnormalities. | |
+4 letters: maldistribution. | |
+5 letters: commensurability, discombobulating, discombobulation, maldistributions, submitochondrial. | |
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