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bubble point

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noun

  1. chem the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture

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The owners and players had to negotiate the terms of the bubble point by point, and they will need to follow the same process for next season because there is no way to guarantee in October exactly what the operating conditions will look like in January or even March.

From Washington Post

What has brought us – once again – to the bubble point?

From Forbes

Some who have expressed concern about the current tech bubble point to rapid burn rates for so many pre-revenue startups.

From Forbes

Those who fret about a bubble point out that housing prices did not even hiccup during last year's recession, suggesting that they exist in their own inflated orbit.

From Time Magazine Archive