different between sublimate vs fallstreak

English

Etymology

From Latin subl?m?tus, past participle of subl?m?re (“to raise, elevate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?bl?me?t/

Verb

sublimate (third-person singular simple present sublimates, present participle sublimating, simple past and past participle sublimated)

1. (transitive, intransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state. [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: sublime

2. (transitive, archaic) To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.
3. (transitive, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
4. (archaic) To raise to a place of honor; to refine and exalt.

   Synonyms: heighten, elevate

   • 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

     The precepts of Christianity are […] so apt […] to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

sublimate (plural sublimates)

1. (chemistry) A product obtained by sublimation.

See also

• freeze-dry

Anagrams

• multibase, umbalites

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subli?mate/

Verb

sublimate

1. adverbial present passive participle of sublimar

Italian

Verb

sublimate

1. second-person plural present indicative of sublimare
2. second-person plural imperative of sublimare
3. feminine plural of sublimato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sub.li??ma?.te/, [s??bli??mä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sub.li?ma.te/, [subli?m??t??]

Verb

subl?m?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of subl?m?

English

Alternative forms

• fall streak

Etymology

fall +? streak, because they are composed of cloud crystals falling in streaks.

Noun

fallstreak (plural fallstreaks)

1. (meteorology) A (part of a) virga; a streak of falling ice crystals that sublimate before reaching the ground.

See also

• virga
• fallstreak hole (Wikipedia)