effervescency

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effervescency - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Effervescence \Ef`fer*ves"cence\, Effervescency
  \Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. effervescence.]
     A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which
     takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous
     form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the
     effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
     [1913 Webster]