Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., the act or process of sublimating; a process by which solid substances are, by the aid of heat, converted into vapor, which is again condensed into the solid state by the application of cold.
- noun The act of heightening, refining, purifying, or freeing (something) from baser qualities: as, the sublimation of the affections.
- noun That which has been highly refined or purified; hence, the highest product of anything.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
- noun The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.
- noun That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
transition of asubstance from thesolid phase directly to thevapor state such that it does not pass through theintermediate liquid phase. - noun The
transformation of animpulse into something socially constructive.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
- noun (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although the term sublimation pertains to the conversion of both solid directly to gas and its reverse gas directly to solid, some people call the latter process deposition.
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To chemists, sublimation is the process by which matter changes from a solid state to a vapor without first melting.
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Its sublimation is slow, and can be reduced; I cannot comment on specifics, but Wikibooks notes the following: "But if it must be stored, it is recommended that it is stored under water and in a container without a cap with threads, as opening it could result in an explosion from crystalized [sic] acetone peroxide."
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Since in Winston's case the sublimation is imperfect, the distorted sexuality becomes unstable in its effects.
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During this "latent period" a part of these sexual energies is separated from the sexual aim and applied to cultural and social ends, a process which Freud has designated by the name sublimation as important for culture, history and the individual.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
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It is separated from them by a process called sublimation, which is something similar to distillation.
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Neal Gabler, the author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, told me that Jewish revenge fantasies aren’t entirely alien to the movie industry, but they’ve always been exercises in sublimation, Superman being only the most obvious.
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Neal Gabler, the author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, told me that Jewish revenge fantasies aren’t entirely alien to the movie industry, but they’ve always been exercises in sublimation, Superman being only the most obvious.
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Neal Gabler, the author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, told me that Jewish revenge fantasies aren’t entirely alien to the movie industry, but they’ve always been exercises in sublimation, Superman being only the most obvious.
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Neal Gabler, the author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, told me that Jewish revenge fantasies aren’t entirely alien to the movie industry, but they’ve always been exercises in sublimation, Superman being only the most obvious.
emmy commented on the word sublimation
i do this ALL THE TIME. It works.
Although... im not sure that
repressed erotic energy is the source of all human development.
March 12, 2008
bilby commented on the word sublimation
In printing this refers to a technique of heat transfer of images.
"The sublimation name is applied because the dye transitions between the solid and gas states without going through a liquid stage."
- Wikipedia.
The process is sometimes referred to as dye-sub. Artefacts produced by the technique are said to be sublimated.
March 11, 2011
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