desublimation
Noun
Meaning
desublimation (countable and uncountable, plural desublimations)
(physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase)
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Introduced the concept of " repressive desublimation ", in which social control can operate not only by direct control, but also by manipulation of desire.
The main difference between the ice coatings and frost spicules arises from the fact that the crystalline spicules grow directly from desublimation of water vapour from air, and desublimation is not a factor in icing of freezing surfaces.
The air must be humid, but not sufficiently humid to permit the condensation of liquid water, or icing will result instead of desublimation.