sublime
adjective
elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
sublimes
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pluralof sublime.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The pentachloride sublimes when warmed and forms an equilibrium with the trichloride and chlorine when heated.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Likewise, solid carbon dioxide does not melt at 1 atm pressure but instead sublimes to yield gaseous CO2.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Dry ice does not melt to a liquid but sublimes directly from the solid state to vapor.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Mercury, which completes the amalgam," the stout man muttered absently and as if to himself, "when heated sublimes over!"
From The Long Night by Stanley John Weyman
The incandescent carbon in the evacuated bulb sublimes or volatilizes and deposits upon the bulb.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
