1. one who or that which sublimes (transforms directly from solid to gas)
Usage: technical; chemistry

Examples

• The sublimer heated the dry ice until it transformed directly into vapor.
• Industrial sublimers are used to purify certain chemical compounds.
• The laboratory’s sublimer operated at precisely controlled temperatures.
• She adjusted the sublimer to process the crystalline material.
• The sublimer’s chamber maintained the perfect conditions for the phase transition.