sublimern.
/səˈblʌɪmə/, U.S. /səˈblaɪmər/ 1. A person who or thing which sublimes something (in various senses of the verb).
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > one who or that which perfects
perfector1578
sublimera1631
finish1779
perfectionizer1841
perfectionatora1849
perfectioner1879
a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 67 That late Italian Distiller and Sublimer of old definitions.
1828 E. Irving Serm., Lect., & Occas. Disc. III. Ded. 778 These treacherous dealers with, and sublimers of the substantial word of God.
1847 N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 420 It [sc. the Gospel] is the true ennobler of the affections and sublimer of the feelings.
1910 Camphor Industry in Foreign Countries (U.S. Dept. Commerce & Labor) 5 These companies are not allowed..to be sublimers of crude camphor.
2001 S. Mulhall Inheritance & Originality i. 119 A chain whose earlier links include the oddly mechanical shopkeeper, the builders, the sublimers of logic, and the human reading-machines.
2. Chemistry. A container or apparatus in which substances are heated in order to sublime them. Cf. sublimator n. 1.
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the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > vessels for specific reactions > other
sublimer1749
still1853
Erlenmeyer flask1886
fluorometer1892
Kjeldahl flask1909
fluidizer1955
hydro-cracker1965
hydrogasifier1966
1749 Quincy's Pharmacopœia Officinalis (rev. ed.) i. 14 Iron rings with a stem, for cutting the necks of retorts, or tops of bodies and sublimers.
1828 S. F. Gray Operative Chemist 728 When the sublimers are taken out of the furnace, cooled, and broken, 400 pounds of vermilion are obtained from each.
1890 N.Y. Med Jrnl. 23 Aug. 211 It may be used simply as an air drier and sterilizer,..or with such agents as benzoic acid, camphor, calomel, etc., it may be used as a sublimer.
1922 Jrnl. Industr. & Engin. Chem. Mar. 242/2 The conflagration started at 2:45 p.m. in the middle sublimer of a set of three.
1982 Inorg. Syntheses 21 55 Over a period of 12 hours at 10−4 torr yellow crystalline Mo2(NMe2)6 was collected in the sublimer.
2001 J. W. Mullin Crystallization (ed. 4) viii. 363 In entrainer sublimation an inert gas is blown into the vaporization chamber of a sublimer to increase the rate of flow of vapours to the condensing equipment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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