Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ebullition"
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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