ebullition
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
3.A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper. [1913 Webster]