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UK
/sˌʌblɪmˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable
- (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
How To Use sublimation In A Sentence
- That search, which Corto knows is fruitless, reconciles the sublimation of the motivating object with the euphemistic cynicism of a horizontal and not ascensional awareness of the journey.
- In a manner similar to the vaporization of a liquid, sublimation of a solid may occur over a wide range of temperature.
- It represents the sublimation of suffering into beauty, the formation of a beautiful illusion to conceal the painful truth.
- The purpose of this task was preparing new data about processes of solid material sublimation and dynamics of circumsolar dust clouds at indicated spectral lines.
- It represents the sublimation of suffering into beauty, the formation of a beautiful illusion to conceal the painful truth.
- Or was it deeper still, a sublimation of guilt through the submergence of her self in another persona? COMPULSION
- `Scrupulously undenominational: a sublimation of the ecumenical spirit of our age. PASSION IN THE PEAK
- The units typically used for heats of sublimation are kilojoule per mole or kilocalories per mole.
- It was all to do with the negation of individuality and the sublimation of ego to image. COMPULSION
- The microscopic amounts are achieved by superheating managerium so that it changes from a solid directly into a gas - a process known as sublimation.
