sublimation
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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
Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychiatry, conceived of art primarily in terms of sublimation outside of consciousness.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing sublimation
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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The Water Cycle - Middle School and High School
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