How to pronounce sublimation
American English pronunciation
sub-luh-MAY-shun
- IPA
- /ˌsʌbləˈmeɪʃən/
- Syllables
- sub · luh · MAY · shun (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What sublimation means
The change of a solid straight into gas, with no melting
In a sentence: Through sublimation, the snow on the sunny roof slowly vanished without leaving a single puddle.
Where it comes from: It came into English in the Middle Ages from the Latin sublimatio, from a verb meaning to raise up or lift high.
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