Ebullition

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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}.]
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     3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an
        ebullition of anger or ill temper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ebullition
       n : an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: {effusion}, {gush},
            {outburst}, {blowup}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "ebullition":
     ado, agitation, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brawl, broil,
     brouhaha, bubbliness, bubbling, bustle, cacophony, carbonation,
     chaos, churn, coction, commotion, conturbation, decoction,
     discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance,
     ebullience, ebulliency, ebulliometer, eddy, effervescence,
     effervescency, embroilment, excitement, fanaticism, feery-fary,
     ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgets, fizz, fizzle,
     flap, flurry, fluster, flutteration, foaming, foment, fomentation,
     foofaraw, frenzy, frothiness, frothing, fume, furor, furore, fury,
     fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, inquietude,
     jitters, jumpiness, maelstrom, malaise, moil, nerviness, nervosity,
     nervousness, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, racket,
     rage, restlessness, roil, rout, row, ruckus, ruffle, rumpus,
     seethe, seething, simmer, simmering, sparkle, spumescence, stewing,
     stir, storminess, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, to-do,
     trepidation, trepidity, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness,
     turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unrest, uproar,
     upset, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness