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When the word dub is used as "to name" "to call", is it formal or informal usage?
I cannot conclude from the following definition:
dub
verb (used with object)
1. to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call:
He was dubbed a hero.
Can it be used in academic background? For example:
In chemistry, there is a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid, a phenomenon dubbed sublimation.
Is "dubbed" used properly here? Should we change it into "called" or "named" or "termed?
I cannot conclude from the following definition:
dub
verb (used with object)
1. to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call:
He was dubbed a hero.
Can it be used in academic background? For example:
In chemistry, there is a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid, a phenomenon dubbed sublimation.
Is "dubbed" used properly here? Should we change it into "called" or "named" or "termed?