to sublimate
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- verb
- /ˈsʌblɪˌmeɪt/
- Specialized
:
sublimar
- Blocks of frozen carbon dioxide don't melt but rather sublimate into a gas; solid CO2 is known as "dry ice."
- to sublimate ice
- to sublimate directly
- to sublimate into gas
Examples
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It starts, it starts sublimating quickly.
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I mean it causes the the dry ice to sublimate slowly and takes that much.
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You mention that precipitation was observed to "sublimate into water."
Blog text (31) -
Some glaciers have sublimated; some have grown.
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In 2008, science teams from the Phoenix mission were able to observe water-ice clouds in the Martian atmosphere and precipitation that fell to the ground at night and sublimated into water in the morning.
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Camphor melts at 180°C and can be sublimated easily at room temperature.
Academic text (2018) -
One, the dust tail, is composed of dust particles liberated by the sublimating ice and pushed back from the coma by the pressure photons of sunlight.
Academic text (1992) -
Blocks of frozen carbon dioxide sublimate directly into gas when exposed to room temperature.
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Sunlight causes the ice on the comet to sublimate, forming its bright tail as it zooms through space.
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When dry ice is left out, it will sublimate and disappear completely within a few hours.
Synonyms
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Change from a solid directly into a gas without becoming liquid
To remove water from something by freezing it and lowering pressure so the ice turns to gas
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sublimate comes from the Latin sublimare, 'to lift up', and is the same root as sublime meaning high or elevated. In science the verb means a solid 'lifts' straight into vapor, so to sublimate is to change a solid directly into gas.