sublimation

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive.
3. (countable, uncountable) Elevation; exaltation; a making sublime.

Sinonieme

defecation

distillation

exaltation

idealization

sublimate

subliming

depuration

idealisation

Vertalings

sublimation

sublimazione

Sublimation

sublimación

Sublimierung

sublimação

εξάχνωση

sublimació

sublimatio

تسامي

sublimleşme

εξάγνιση

εξάχνιση

εξύψωση

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sublimacioun

In summary

From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiō, from Latin sublīmō (“I raise, I elevate”, verb).
Synchronically, sublimate + -ion.