Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SUBLIMATION
n. 1. The operation of bringing a solid substance into the state of vapor by heat, and condensing it again into a solid by cold. Sublimation bears the same relation to a solid, that distillation does to a liquid. Both processes purify the substances to which they are severally applied, by separating them from the fixed and grosser matters with which they are connected.
2. Exaltation; elevation; act of highthening or improving.
Religion, the perfection, refinement and sublimation of morality.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SUBLIMATION
Sub "li *ma `tion, n. Etym: [LL. sublimatio: cf. F. sublimation. ]
1. (Chem. )
Defn: The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
2. The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.
3. That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process. Religion is the perfection, refinement, and sublimation of morality. South.
Duden Dictionary
Sublimation
Su b li ma ti on , Sub li ma ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Sublimati o n |1 Chemie das Sublimieren 2a 2 bildungssprachlich, Psychologie Sublimierung 1
French Dictionary
sublimation
sublimation n. f. nom féminin 1 Passage de l ’état solide à l ’état gazeux. 2 Exaltation, passage d ’un sentiment à un plan élevé. : La sublimation d ’un amour. SYNONYME idéalisation .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sublimation
s ù b li m á tion 名詞 U 1 〘心 〙昇華 .2 純化, 理想化 .3 〘化 〙昇華, 精製, 純化 .
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