sublimate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/

Verb

intransitive transitive archaic

(transitive, intransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state. / (transitive, archaic) To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.

Japanese Meaning

（物理現象において）固体が液体を経由せずに直接気体へ変化すること。 / （古風な用法で、他動詞として）そのような変化を通して物質を精製または洗練すること。

What is this buttons?

At low pressure, the ice will sublimate, turning directly into water vapor without melting first.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

低圧では氷は昇華して、最初に溶けることなく直接水蒸気になります。

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Sense（1）

(transitive, intransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state.

Sense（2）

(transitive, archaic) To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.

Sense（3）

(transitive, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.

Foreigners extol the American "energy" […] Basically it is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural dislocations which must be, for the most part, ferociously sublimated. This energy has mainly been sublimated into crude materialism and acquisitiveness.

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Sense（4）

(archaic) To raise to a place of honor; to refine and exalt.

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sublimates

（ present singular third-person ）

sublimating

（ participle present ）

sublimated

（ participle past ）

sublimated

（ past ）

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