What is the meaning of sublimated?

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.
    • usage: "purify the water"
  • Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting.
    • usage: "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
  • Vaporize and then condense right back again.

adjective

  • Passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid.
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APAWordNet. (2010). sublimated. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/sublimated/definitions/1184632
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HarvardWordNet 2010, sublimated, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/sublimated/definitions/1184632>.
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