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Sublimate meaning
To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container. | To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently. | To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
Example sentences (10)
No, not the ones that ask us to sublimate our sexual desires to his will.
This president of the Royal Academy may have been gay or bisexual, or he may have avoided all entanglements to sublimate his complex desires into art - which is what Flaming June seems to proclaim.
In fact what I love about doing theatre when I am the boss, is how much I sublimate my ego.
Additionally, heterogeneous catalysts can dissolve into the solution in a solid–liquid system or sublimate in a solid–gas system.
A heating step causes the dyes to sublimate into the fibers and create an image with strong color and good durability.
As they approach the Sun, its heat causes their volatile surfaces to sublimate into space, gradually dispersing them.
Attempts to compensate for snow/ice by warming the tipping bucket meet with limited success, since snow may sublimate if the gauge is kept much above the freezing temperature.
Chiron differs from other comets in that water is not a major component of its coma, because it is too far from the Sun for water to sublimate.
He believed that through "losing yourself" in art one could sublimate the Will.
Often they do dominate other people when roles are not available to them which more creatively sublimate their energies and utilize their capabilities.