sublimation

  • 61Sublimation — ◆ Sub|li|ma|ti|on 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: en; Chemie〉 unmittelbarer Übergang eines Stoffes aus dem festen in den gasförmigen Aggregatzustand u. umgekehrt, ohne dass die Stufe des flüssigen Aggregatzustandes durchlaufen wird [Etym.: → sublimieren]   ◆… …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 62Sublimation — Sub|li|ma|ti|on die; , en <zu ↑...ion>: 1. das Sublimieren (2); unmittelbarer Übergang eines festen Stoffes in den Gaszustand (Chem.). 2. das Sublimieren (1); vgl. ↑...ation/...ierung …

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  • 63sublimation — A term used by psychoanalysts , to refer to the unconscious process by which a sexual impulse is deflected, so as to express itself in some non sexual and socially acceptable activity. For example, a child may wish to play with faeces, but in the …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 64sublimation — sub·li·ma·tion || ‚sÊŒblɪ meɪʃn n. process in which a solid is transformed directly into a gas or a gas directly into a solid (Chemistry); redirection of instinctual energy into socially constructive channels (Psychoanalysis) …

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  • 65sublimation — Processus mental qui expliquerait, selon les psychanalystes*, la puissance de l’élan créateur de certains artistes ou intellectuels, puisant leur énergie dans les ressources d’une sexualité sans partenaire, mais également sans refoulement... Quoi …

    Dictionnaire de Sexologie

  • 66sublimation — n. 1. Vaporization (of a solid, to be again condensed). 2. Refinement, exaltation, elevation …

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  • 67sublimation — noun (U) 1 the process of sublimating (sublimate) 2 technical the process of changing a solid substance to a gas by heating it and then changing it back to a solid in order to make it pure …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 68sublimation — sub·li·ma·tion …

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  • 69sublimation — n. the replacement of socially undesirable means of gratifying motives or desires by means that are socially acceptable. See also: defence mechanism, repression …

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  • 70sublimation — UK [ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] science the process in which a substance is changed from a solid substance into a gas or from a gas into a solid substance without first becoming a liquid …

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