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sublimation

[suhb-luh-mey-shuhn] / ˌsʌb ləˈmeɪ ʃən /




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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

Readers will understandably recoil at the musician’s callousness, especially given Mintz’s sublimation of himself in the service of Lennon and Ono.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024

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

But different comets are made of different mixes of ice, and sublimation can be a quirky process.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023

“I’ve gained pounds lying continuously in bed, seeking surcease and sublimation in food. Now we must run. I must leave this house. It has terrible associations.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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