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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid countable, uncountable
2. 2
   Removal, taking away. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

ablationabrasionabstractionaufhebungdeductionerosion

Etymology

From Latin sublātiō (“removal”).

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