"desublimate" meaning in All languages combined

See desublimate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: desublimates [present, singular, third-person], desublimating [participle, present], desublimated [participle, past], desublimated [past]
Etymology: From de- + sublimate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|sublimate}} de- + sublimate Head templates: {{en-verb}} desublimate (third-person singular simple present desublimates, present participle desublimating, simple past and past participle desublimated)
  1. (intransitive, physics) To undergo desublimation; to change directly from a gas to a solid. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-desublimate-en-verb-WCcPRVZg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (transitive, sociology) Make explicit that which has been sublimated or obscured because it is not socially acceptable. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-desublimate-en-verb-Tye7CavQ Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

Inflected forms

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