The process by which substances are turned directly from a solid state into a gas is called sublimation.
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Sublimation
Synonyms for "sublimation" (81 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 27 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- субліма́цыя noun (phase transition)
- субліма́цыя noun (transformation of an impulse)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сублима́ция noun (phase transition)
Catalan
2 entries- sublimació noun (phase transition)
- sublimació noun (transformation of an impulse)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 升華 /升华 noun (phase transition)
Czech
2 entries- sublimace noun (phase transition)
- sublimace noun (transformation of an impulse)
Dutch
1 entries- vervluchtigen noun (phase transition)
Finnish
3 entries- sublimointi noun (phase transition)
- sublimoituminen noun (phase transition)
- sublimoituminen noun (transformation of an impulse)
French
1 entries- sublimation noun (phase transition)
Galician
2 entries- sublimación noun (phase transition)
- sublimación noun (transformation of an impulse)
German
4 entries- Sublimation noun (phase transition)
- Sublimation noun (transformation of an impulse)
- Sublimierung noun (phase transition)
- Sublimierung noun (transformation of an impulse)
Greek
2 entries- εξάχνωση noun (phase transition)
- μετουσίωση noun (transformation of an impulse)
Icelandic
2 entries- göfgun noun (transformation of an impulse)
- þurrgufun noun (phase transition)
Indonesian
2 entries- sublimasi noun (phase transition)
- sublimasi noun (transformation of an impulse)
Italian
2 entries- sublimazione noun (phase transition)
- sublimazione noun (transformation of an impulse)
Japanese
1 entries- 昇華 noun (phase transition)
Korean
1 entries- 승화 noun (phase transition)
Malay
1 entries- pemejalwapan noun (phase transition)
Māori
1 entries- whāhaurehutanga noun (phase transition)
Polish
2 entries- sublimacja noun (phase transition)
- sublimacja noun (transformation of an impulse)
Portuguese
2 entries- sublimação noun (phase transition)
- sublimação noun (transformation of an impulse)
Russian
3 entries- возгонка noun (phase transition)
- сублима́ция noun (phase transition)
- сублима́ция noun (transformation of an impulse)
Spanish
1 entries- sublimación noun (phase transition)
Swedish
3 entries- sublimation noun (phase transition)
- sublimering noun (phase transition)
- sublimering noun (transformation of an impulse)
Tagalog
4 entries- alim noun (phase transition)
- alob noun (phase transition)
- lakdasingaw noun (phase transition)
- lakdawsingaw noun (phase transition)
Turkish
1 entries- yüceltme noun (transformation of an impulse)
Ukrainian
2 entries- субліма́ція noun (phase transition)
- субліма́ція noun (transformation of an impulse)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thăng hoa noun (phase transition)
Sample sentences
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On Pluto, ice turns directly into gas and this is called sublimation.
Source: tatoeba (8132854)
It uses dry ice pellets (capsules of frozen carbon dioxide), blown at supersonic speed onto the railhead through a small nozzle. Any leaf contamination on the line is frozen, becoming brittle. The pellets then change instantly from solid to gas without going through a liquid stage (a process known as sublimation).
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