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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EBULLI'TION, n. [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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1534 1. a sudden violent outburst or display 2. the act, process, or state of boiling or bubbling up

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Boiling. 2. Effervescence, fermentation. 3. Burst, outburst, bursting forth, outbreak, fit, paroxysm.

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