Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sublimation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sublimation \Sub"li*ma`tion\, n. [LL. sublimatio: cf. F.
sublimation.]
1. (Chem.) The act or process of subliming, or the state or
result of being sublimed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sublimation
n 1: (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous
state without becoming liquid
2: (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse
or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is
socially acceptable
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