subliming
Skipping liquid phase
Subliming is the present participle of sublime, a verb describing the process by which a solid transforms directly into a gas without passing through a liquid state.
Dry ice subliming into carbon dioxide vapor is the classic example.
The term also applies to the reverse process in some contexts.
In older or literary usage, subliming could mean elevating or refining something to a higher state, connected to the adjective sublime.
Firm matter state
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- dry iceSolidified carbon dioxide
- iodineAntiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
- naphthaleneBicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
vapor pressure · phase transition · deposition · vaporization · endothermic · latent heat · state of matter · physical change
Go beyond limits
- ascendMove upward
- riseMove to higher position
- soarAscend to heights
- upliftRaise emotionally or physically
exalt · heighten · ennoble · glorify · lofty · elevated · ethereal · rarefied
Having fine distinctions
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- elusiveHard to find
- refinedPurified or cultured
imperceptible · gradual · faint · ethereal · intangible · rarefied · ineffable · subliminal
Remove impurities from
- distillPurify through vaporization
- purifyRemove unwanted substances
- clarifyMake something understandable
- extractConcentrated derived substance
separate · concentrate · volatilize · recrystallize · isolation · pharmaceutical · reagent · laboratory
solid
Firm matter state
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- dry iceSolidified carbon dioxide
- iodineAntiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
naphthalene · vapor pressure · phase transition · deposition · vaporization · endothermic · latent heat · state of matter · physical change · thermodynamics
transcend
Go beyond limits
uplift · exalt · heighten · ennoble · glorify · lofty · elevated · ethereal · rarefied · spiritual
nuanced
Having fine distinctions
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- elusiveHard to find
refined · imperceptible · gradual · faint · ethereal · intangible · rarefied · ineffable · subliminal
refine
Remove impurities from
- distillPurify through vaporization
- purifyRemove unwanted substances
- clarifyMake something understandable
extract · separate · concentrate · volatilize · recrystallize · isolation · pharmaceutical · reagent · laboratory
sublimingdepositing
Placing for safekeeping
deposition · condensing · crystallizing · desublimation · freezing
sublimingmelting
Solid-to-liquid transition
boiling · liquefying · vaporizing · evaporating · condensing