sublimation
Example Sentences
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Ajami pointed out that extreme heat is not only causing snow to melt faster but is also causing sublimation, in which snow is transformed directly to water vapor.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
As several COMs, including those detected in the solid phase in this research, were previously detected in the warm gas phase, it is now believed that they originate from the sublimation of ices.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
How about a righteous female cop who takes her cases a little too personally, going so far as to endanger herself as a sublimation of the dissatisfaction in her domestic life?
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024
But different comets are made of different mixes of ice, and sublimation can be a quirky process.
From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023
I lost 300 liters to sublimation when the Hab blew up.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
