sublimation
The English word “sublimation” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive.
- Elevation; exaltation; a making sublime.
Etymology
From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiō, from Latin sublīmō (“to raise, to elevate”, verb). Synchronically, sublimate + -ion.
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