to sublimate
01
to vaporize and then immediately condense again into a solid form
Exempel
The iodine crystals sublimated and reformed on the cooler surface.
Camphor sublimates when gently heated.
02
to make something more refined or elevated
Exempel
The artist sublimated raw emotion into elegant form.
Her grief was sublimated into poetry.
03
to cause a solid to change directly into a gas without passing through the liquid phase
Exempel
Heat will sublimate the dry ice directly into a gas.
We sublimated the iodine sample under vacuum.
Sublimate
01
sublimat, sublimeringsprodukt
the product of vaporization of a solid
sublimate
01
sublimerad, renad
made pure
Lexikalt Träd
sublimated
sublimation
sublimate
sublime
