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Webster 1913 Edition


Ebullition

Ebˊul-li′tion

,
Noun.
[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ebullition

EBULLI'TION

,
Noun.
[L. ebullitio, from ebullio, bullio; Eng. to boil,which see.]
1.
The operation of boiling; the agitation of a liquor by heat, which throws it up in bubbles, or more properly, the agitation produced in a fluid by the escape of a portion of it, converted into an aeriform state by heat. Ebullition is produced by the heat of fire directly applied, or by the heat or caloric evolved by any substance in mixture. Thus, in slaking lime, the caloric set at liberty by the a absorption of water, produces ebullition.
2.
Effervescence, which is occasioned by fermentation, or by any other process which causes the extrication of an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.

Definition 2024


ebullition

ebullition

See also: ébullition

English

Noun

ebullition (plural ebullitions)

  1. The act of boiling.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
      Suddenly, and at the same moment, the ebullition ceased, and the compound changed to a dark purple, which faded again more slowly to a watery green.
  2. A sudden emotional outburst.
    • 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
      Having vented the first ebullition of his wrath, he despatched a message demanding the surrender of the corporal […].
    • 1922, Michael Arlen, chapter 3/6/1, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
      This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner : for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements, statues, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over.