sublimation
noun
the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
resublimation
-
a word derived from
sublimation.
Example Sentences
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The sodium arsenite may be prepared from pure arsenious oxide, as described below, and is stable for considerable periods; but commercial oxide requires resublimation to remove arsenic sulphide, which may be present in small quantity.
From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Henry P. Talbot
