Sublimate Definition & Meaning
sublimate
- adjective
- made pure
- noun
- the product of vaporization of a solid
- verb
- direct energy or urges into useful activities
- make more subtle or refined
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
- change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
- vaporize and then condense right back again
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