Sublimation- the process by which a solid changes to gas without the intermediary step of a liquid. Sublime - exalted, noble and uplifting An inquiry for the chemist: does Helium, Argon, Neon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon sublimate? The mind derives meaning from context. Memorization of the definition's of sublimation and sublime gives for very little assurance of remembrance of either at a critical moment. Yet knowing that sublimation is the process of becoming arrogant one never forgets that a gas can be sublime. And tell me Derrida, is the difference in the middle? And here I thought abstraction could only be understood in opposition.