sublimate
/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/
verb
- To redirect strong emotions or impulses into a more socially acceptable activity.
- Many artists sublimate their personal struggles into creative work.
- He tried to sublimate his frustration by going for a long run.
- She sublimated her anger into a powerful painting.
- In chemistry, to change a solid directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first.
- Some substances sublimate under low pressure, skipping the liquid phase.
- The chemist observed the crystals sublimate when heated in the lab.
- Dry ice will sublimate at room temperature, turning from solid to gas.
Antonyms
noun
- A solid substance that has been changed directly into a gas and then back into a solid, often in a purified form.
- In the experiment, the sublimate formed a thin layer on the lid of the container.
- The chemist carefully scraped the sublimate from the tube for analysis.
- The sublimate collected on the cold glass surface was pure and white.