คำว่า ' sublimate ' ( VT )
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คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[v. t.] To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.
[v. t.] To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
[n.] A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
[a.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.