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sublimation

transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state
Event phase_change Q131800
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Summary

sublimation is a phase change[1]. sublimation draws 3,211 Wikipedia views per month (phase change category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commons category: Sublimation[3]
  • Opposite of: deposition[4]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[5], Otto's encyclopedia[6]
  • Has effect: gas[7]
  • Different from: sublimation process[8]
  • Uses: solid[9]
  • Studied by: thermodynamics[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

sublimation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] sublimation is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

thermodynamics

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Otto's encyclopedia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → solid
    Has effect → gas
    Opposite of → deposition
    Uses → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007543853605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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