sublimate

sublimate

 [sub´lĭ-māt]

1. a substance obtained by sublimation.

2. to accomplish sublimation.

sub·li·mate

(sŭb'li-māt),

1. To perform or accomplish sublimation.

2. Any substance that has been submitted to sublimation.

[L. sublimo, pp. -atus, to raise on high, fr. sublimis, high]

sublimate

(sŭb′lə-māt′)

v. subli·mated, subli·mating, subli·mates

v.intr. Chemistry

To be transformed directly from the solid to the gaseous state or from the gaseous to the solid state without becoming a liquid.

v.tr.

1. Chemistry To cause (a solid or gas) to sublimate.

2.

a. To modify the natural expression of (a primitive, instinctual impulse) in a socially acceptable manner.

b. To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into an acceptable activity.

n.

Chemistry A product of sublimation.

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sub′li·ma′tion (-mā′shən) n.

sub·li·mate

(sŭb'lim-āt)

1. To perform or accomplish sublimation.

2. Any substance that has been submitted to sublimation.

[L. sublimo, pp. -atus, to raise on high, fr. sublimis, high]

sub·li·mate

(sŭb'lim-āt)

1. To perform or accomplish sublimation.

2. Any substance submitted to sublimation.

[L. sublimo, pp. -atus, to raise on high, fr. sublimis, high]