Sublimation can have several meanings: Sublimation (chemistry), the change from solid to gas, while at no point becoming a liquid. Sublimation (psychology), the transformation of emotions. Dye sublimation, the transference of printed images to a synthetic substrate by the application of heat. Sublation, the purification or exaltation of matter by its negation or redirection. in Iain Banks' science fiction novels, the process of a civilization becoming one of the Sublimed.… (More on Sublimation)