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Ebullition definition

ĕbə-lĭshən
The state or process of boiling.
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A boiling or bubbling up; effervescence.
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A sudden, violent outpouring, as of emotion.
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A sudden outburst, as of some emotion.
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The act of boiling.
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Noun

Singular:
ebullition
Plural:
ebullitions

Origin of ebullition

  • Middle English ebullitioun from Late Latin ēbullītiō ēbullītiōn- from Latin ēbullītus past participle of ēbullīre to bubble up ebullient

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ebullition Sentence Examples

  • Water is led into the highest basin and by the action of the heated gases is soon brought into a state of ebullition; after remaining in this basin for about a day, it is run off into the second one and is treated there in a similar manner.

  • About 1892 the idea occurred to him of using vacuum-jacketed vessels for the storage of liquid gases, and so efficient did this device prove in preventing the influx of external heat that it is found possible not only to preserve the liquids for comparatively long periods, but also to keep them so free from ebullition that examination of their optical properties becomes possible.

  • On the other hand, the attempt made in 1901 by the Holy Synod at Athens, with the co-operation of Queen Olga of Greece (a Russian princess), to circulate a modern Greek version of the Gospels was resented as a symptom of a Pan-Slavist conspiracy, and led to an ebullition of popular feeling which could only be pacified by the withdrawal of the obnoxious version and the abdication of the metropolitan of Athens.

  • It was thought at one time that the honour of a nation could only be vindicated by war, though all that had happened was the slighting of its flag, or of its accredited representative, during some sudden ebullition of local feeling.

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