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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.

  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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bullition

n. (context obsolete English) The action of boiling.