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sublimate

UK
/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/
US
/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/

Translations

sublimateverb
sublimated
Past Simple
sublimated
Past Participle
sublimating
Gerund
UK
/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/
US
/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/
sublimerPsychologie : transformer une pulsion en activité socialement acceptable.
He sublimated his aggressive impulses by taking up boxing.
Il a sublimé ses pulsions agressives en se mettant à la boxe.
sublimerChimie : passer directement de l'état solide à l'état gazeux.
Dry ice sublimates rapidly at room temperature.
La glace carbonique sublime rapidement à température ambiante.
sublimerChimie : faire passer directement un solide à l'état gazeux.
The chemist sublimated the iodine crystals by heating them gently.
Le chimiste a sublimé les cristaux d'iode en les chauffant doucement.
Synonyms
refine
transform
purify
elevate
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sublimatenoun
sublimates
pl
UK
/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/
US
/ˈsʌblɪˌmeɪt/
sublimationPsychologie : produit ou résultat d'une sublimation.
His sculpture was a sublimate of his early frustrations.
Sa sculpture était une sublimation de ses frustrations de jeunesse.
sublimatChimie : substance obtenue par sublimation.
The chemist collected the sublimate from the walls of the container after the experiment.
Le chimiste a recueilli le sublimat sur les parois du récipient après l'expérience.
Synonyms
sublimed substance
sublimation product
sublimed deposit
sublimated material
sublimated product
sublimate deposit
distillate (in some contexts)
corrosive sublimate (specifically mercuric chloride)
sublimateadjective
more sublimate
Comp.
most sublimate
Super.
Used attributively in technical contexts (e.g., "sublimate deposits"), occasionally archaic meaning "refined".
subliméChimie : obtenu par sublimation.
The condenser walls were coated with sublimate crystals.
Les parois du condenseur étaient recouvertes de cristaux sublimés.

Definitions

sublimateverb
To divert or modify an instinctual impulse into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity.
He sublimated his aggressive impulses by taking up boxing.
To cause a substance to change directly from a solid to a gas without becoming liquid.
The chemist sublimated the iodine crystals by heating them gently.
To change directly from a solid to a gas without passing through a liquid phase; to undergo sublimation.
Dry ice sublimates rapidly at room temperature.
sublimatenoun
A substance that has been transformed from a solid to a gas without passing through a liquid phase.
The chemist collected the sublimate from the walls of the container after the experiment.
A socially acceptable or creative result produced by the diversion of instinctual energy.
His sculpture was a sublimate of his early frustrations.
sublimateadjective
Relating to or produced by sublimation.
The condenser walls were coated with sublimate crystals.
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