sublimation

sublimation

See also: Sublimation

English

Etymology

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

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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
• sublimative

Translations

phase transition

Bulgarian: сублима́ция (bg) f (sublimácija) Catalan: sublimació f Czech: sublimace (cs) f Dutch: vervluchtigen (nl) Finnish: sublimoituminen (fi), sublimointi (fi) French: sublimation (fr) f Galician: sublimación (gl) f German: Sublimierung (de) f, Sublimation (de) f Greek: εξάχνωση (el) f (exáchnosi) Icelandic: þurrgufun f Indonesian: sublimasi (id) Italian: sublimazione (it) f 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 (es) f Swedish: sublimering (sv) c Tagalog: lakdasingaw, lakdawsingaw, alim, alob

transformation of an impulse

Catalan: sublimació f Czech: sublimace (cs) f Finnish: sublimoituminen (fi) Galician: sublimación (gl) f German: Sublimierung (de) f, Sublimation (de) f Icelandic: göfgun f Indonesian: sublimasi (id) 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 Latin sublimatio.

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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.