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ebullition |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ebullition \Eb`ul*li"tion\, n. [F. ['e]bullition, L. ebullitio, fr ebullire See {Ebullient}.] 1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor. 2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an a["e]riform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali. [Formerly written {bullition}.] 3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as an ebullition of anger or ill temper.
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