sublimation
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It uses dry ice pellets (capsules of frozen carbon dioxide), blown at supersonic speed onto the railhead through a small nozzle. Any leaf contamination on the line is frozen, becoming brittle. The pellets then change instantly from solid to gas without going through a liquid stage (a process known as sublimation)."
Etymology
From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiō, from Latin sublīmō (“to raise, to elevate”, verb). Synchronically, sublimate + -ion.