Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sublimation | Yes | No | No | No |
transmutation | Yes | No | No | No |
sublimation (noun) | transmutation (noun) |
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(psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable | an act that changes the form or character or substance of something |
(chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid | a qualitative change |
(physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment) |