Eb`ul*li"tion (?), n.
[F. ébullition,
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 aëriform
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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