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Meanings of sublimation process in English

Purifying a sample by forcing it to pass from the solid to gas phase without passing through an intermediate liquid phase.

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        1
        For sublimation develops the crank and pest as well as the reformer.
        The Foundations of Personality
        2
        What's all this talk about sublimation and Oedipus complexes and penis envy?
        The new yorker
        3
        Words like sublimation or transference are figures of speech and nothing else.
        The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
        4
        But water ice should give off some gas from direct sublimation.
        Existence
        5
        The last case having the best chances for sublimation shows the best results.
        The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10