Usually means: Phase transition from solid to gas.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. sublimation: Merriam-Webster
  2. sublimation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sublimation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sublimation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sublimation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Sublimation, sublimation: Wordnik
  7. sublimation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. sublimation: Wiktionary
  9. sublimation: Dictionary.com
  10. sublimation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Sublimation (album), Sublimation (chemistry), Sublimation (disambiguation), Sublimation (phase transition), Sublimation (physics), Sublimation (psychology), Sublimation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Sublimation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. sublimation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. sublimation: Rhymezone
  15. Sublimation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. sublimation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. sublimation: FreeDictionary.org
  18. sublimation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. sublimation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. sublimation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sublimation (chemistry), sublimation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. sublimation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  6. sublimation: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Science (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sublimation: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  4. Sublimation: Extragalactic Astronomy
  5. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  6. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)
  8. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sublimation: Urban Dictionary

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  5. SUBLIMATION: Power Engineering
  6. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See sublimate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (chemistry) The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
noun:  (psychology) The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive.
noun:  Elevation; exaltation; a making sublime.

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