📖 Definitions of "Sublimates"
noun
- 1
A product obtained by sublimation.
verb
- 1
To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state.
- 2
To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.
- 3
To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
- 4
To raise to a place of honor; to refine and exalt.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| purifyverb | (transitive) To cleanse, or rid of impurities. |
| sublimenoun | (transitive) (chemistry) Synonym of sublimate. |
| purified | Made or rendered pure or more pure. |
| distillverb | US standard spelling of distil. [(transitive) To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.] |
| rarefyverb | (transitive) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense. |
| subtilizeverb | (transitive) To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse. |
| refinednoun | (of processes) Developed, improved. |
| purenoun | Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. |
| make pureverb | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation |
| ionizesverb | (physical chemistry) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated. |
| atomizesverb | (transitive) To fragment; to break into small pieces or concepts. |
| combustsverb | To burn; to catch fire. |
| transmutesverb | (ambitransitive) To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another. |
| meltsverb | (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. |
| radiatesverb | (transitive) To emit rays or waves. |
| diffusesverb | (transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means. |
| oxidizesverb | (chemistry, transitive) To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide. |
| evaporatesverb | (ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. |
| refractsverb | (transitive, physics) Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena). |
| absorbsverb | (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. |
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