bullition

2 definitions found

bullition - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Bullition \Bul*li"tion\, n. [L. bullire, bullitum, to boil. See
     Boil, v. i.]
     The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition.
     --Bacon.
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