Definition of Ebullition

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Ebullition

A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.

A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.

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