sublimation
Ice becomes vapor
Sublimation is the direct transformation of a solid into a gas without passing through a liquid phase—dry ice sublimating into carbon dioxide vapor, or snow disappearing on a cold sunny day.
In psychology, sublimation is the channeling of unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable activities: He sublimated his aggression through competitive sports.
Both senses share the idea of something transforming into a higher or more refined state.
Matter shifting between states
- dry iceSolidified carbon dioxide
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- frostThin ice coating
naphthalene · mothballs · snow · purification · volatilization · endothermic · pressure · temperature
Frozen crystalline precipitation
- frostThin ice coating
- iceWater's solid form
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
vapor · atmosphere · cold climate · freeze-drying · permafrost · ablation · snowpack · winter
Unconscious self-protective mental process
- copingManaging under strain
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- displacementRemoval from usual location
Freud · psychoanalysis · unconscious · transformation · redirect · impulses · desires · creative outlet
Complete change of form
- refinementElegance of manner
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
quintessence · magnum opus · spiritual elevation · esoteric · arcane · distillation · transformation · occult
phase transition
Matter shifting between states
- dry iceSolidified carbon dioxide
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
frost · naphthalene · mothballs · snow · purification · volatilization · endothermic · pressure · temperature · enthalpy
snow
Frozen crystalline precipitation
evaporation · vapor · atmosphere · cold climate · freeze-drying · permafrost · ablation · snowpack · winter · polar
defense mechanism
Unconscious self-protective mental process
- copingManaging under strain
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
displacement · Freud · psychoanalysis · unconscious · transformation · redirect · impulses · desires · creative outlet · catharsis
transmutation
Complete change of form
- refinementElegance of manner
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
hermeticism · quintessence · magnum opus · spiritual elevation · esoteric · arcane · distillation · transformation · occult · mystical
heat transfer
Movement of thermal energy
- inkjetSpray-based printing method
- polyesterSynthetic petroleum-based fabric
- fabricWoven or knit material
textile · garment · vivid · colorfast · CMYK · customization · graphics · t-shirt · resolution · infusion
- Old Sciencephlogiston, aether, ether, caloric, miasma
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- Natural Processesphotosynthesis, decomposition, evaporation, erosion, carbon cycle
- physical phenomenadiffusion, collision, friction, explosion, surface tension
- Coping Strategiesavoidance, coping, stress management, denial, acceptance
- extractionmining, excavation, distillation, filtration, extraction
sublimationmelting
Solid-to-liquid transition
boiling · evaporation · condensation · freezing · liquefaction
sublimationacting out
Expressing distress behaviorally
regression · repression · somatization · desublimation · displacement