fermentation
Fermentation is defined as a process involving yeasts or other microorganisms breaking down a substance, or a state of excitement.
(noun)- When grapes are crushed or transferred into a press, cultured yeast is added, and the sugars in the grapes start to convert into alcohol, this is an example of fermentation.
- New Orleans during Mardi Gras is an example of a location that would be described as in a state of fermentation.
See fermentation in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the breakdown of complex molecules in organic compounds, caused by the influence of a ferment: bacteria cause milk to curdle by fermentation
- excitement; agitation
Origin: ME fermentacioun < LL fermentatio: see ferment
See fermentation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. The anaerobic conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast.b. Any of a group of chemical reactions induced by living or nonliving ferments that split complex organic compounds into relatively simple substances.
- Unrest; agitation.
See fermentation in Ologies
Fermentation
the branch of biochemistry that studies enzym es. Also called zymology. —enzymologist, n.
zymetology
zymology.
the process in which a zymogen becomes an enzyme, as in the fermentation process. —zymogenic, zymogenous, adj.
the branch of biochemistry that studies fermentation. Also called zymetology.
1. the fermentative action of enzymes.
2. fermentation and its resulting changes. —zymolytic, adj.
a device for determining degrees of fermentation.
fermentation. See also disease and illness. —zymotic adj.
zymotechnics
the application of the principles of fermentation. Also zymotechny. —zymotechnic, adj.
1. caused by or causing fermentation.
2. causing or referring to infectious diseases.
a branch of applied chemistry that studies fermentation processes, as in brewing.
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