Look up: sublimation

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   Sublimation
   The direct vaporization of a sold by heating without passing through the liquid state.
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   Sublimation
   The direct change of a material from a solid state to a gas state without turning to liquid in between. Can also occur in reverse, as crystallization from a vapor.
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   Sublimation
   The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the vapour phase or vice versa.
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   sublimation
   [n] - (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid 2. [n] - (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable
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   Sublimation
   Process whereby a solid turns directly into a vapour on heating without passing through a liquid phase.
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   Sublimation
   The process whereby a solid becomes a gas under a change in temperature or pressure without going through a liquid phase.
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   Sublimation
   The transition of a substance directly from the solid phase to the vapour phase, or in reverse, without going through the liquid phase. See also: Phase Change.
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   Sublimation
   The direct vaporization of a sold by heating without passing through the liquid state.
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   sublimation
   sublimate; sublimating. Conversion of a solid directly into a gas, without first melting into a liquid.
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    Sublimation
    The direct conversion of a solid to a gas.
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    sublimation
    vaporisation, without liquefying, of the snow in deeper layers caused by the heat of the earth followed by condensation of the resulting water vapour at the surface; direct change of phase from solid to vapour Category: Chemistry • in psycho analysis:the directing by instinct of itself towards an aim other than and remote from that of sexual gratification Category: Medicine
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    Sublimation
    Sub'li·ma`tion noun [ Late Latin sublimatio : confer French sublimation .] 1. (Chemistry) The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed. 2. The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification. 3. That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process. « Religion is the perfection, refinement, an ...
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    sublimation
    <chemistry> The process by which a substance goes directly from the solid to the gaseous state without passing through the liquid state. ... (09 Jan 1998) ...
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    Sublimation
    `Sublimation` can have several meanings: * when a solid skips the liquid phase and turns directly into a gas. * Sublimation (chemistry), the change from solid to gas, while at no point becoming a liquid. * Sublimation (psychology), the transformation of emotions. * Dye sublimation, the transference of printed images to a synthetic substrate by the application of heat. * Sublation, the purification or exaltation of a thing by its negation or redi...
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    sublimation
    (sub″lĭ-ma´shәn) the conversion of a solid directly into the gaseous state. a type of defense mechanism in which an individual diverts socially unacceptable instinctive drives into personally approved and socially acceptable channels. Mental conflicts may be resolved by this means although...
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    Sublimation
    • (n.) The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification. • (n.) That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process. • (n.) The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
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    sublimation
    (from the article `defense mechanism`) 5. Sublimation is the diversion or deflection of instinctual drives, usually sexual ones, into noninstinctual channels. Psychoanalytic theory holds ... The fundamental premise that permitted Freud to examine cultural phenomena was called sublimation in the Three Essays. The appreciation or creation...
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    sublimation
    in physics, conversion of a substance from the solid to the vapour state without its becoming liquid. An example is the vaporization of frozen ... [6 related articles]
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    Sublimation
    Process where ice changes into water vapor without first becoming liquid. This process requires approximately 680 calories of heat energy for each gram of water converted.
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    SUBLIMATION
    The process of a solid (ice) changing directly into a gas (water vapor), or water vapor changing directly into ice, at the same temperature, without ever going through the liquid state (water). The opposite of crystallization.
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    Sublimation
    The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapour phase without being in the liquid phase. The opposite of sublimation is deposition.
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    sublimation
    sublimation (sŭblimā'shun) , change of a solid substance directly to a vapor without first passing through the liquid state. The term is also used to describe the reverse process of the gas changing directly to the solid again upon cooling. An example of sublimation is seen when iodi...
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    sublimation
    sublimation, in psychology: see defense mechanism; psychoanalysis.
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    Sublimation
    (Lat. sublimatio, from sublimare, to elevete, lift up) The psychological mechanism, described by Freudians, which consists in the discovery of a substitute object for the expression of a basic instinct or feeling, e.g., the sublimation of the sex impulses in aesthetic creation -- L.W.
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