- bullition
- 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.