sublation

English

Etymology

From Latin sublātiō (“removal”).

Noun

sublation (countable and uncountable, plural sublations)

  1. (chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
  2. Removal, taking away.
  3. (philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the standard translation of the word "Aufhebung," where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
    Synonym: Aufhebung

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