ebullition

[ eb-uh-lish-uhn ]
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noun
  1. a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling; outburst.

  2. the state of being ebullient.

  1. the act or process of boiling up.

  2. a rushing forth of water, lava, etc., in a state of agitation.

Origin of ebullition

1
1525–35; <Latin ēbullītiōn- (stem of ēbullītiō), equivalent to ēbullīt(us) (past participle of ēbullīre to boil up ēbullī- (see ebullient) + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn--ion

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How to use ebullition in a sentence

  • She had excellent cause to remember the ebullition, for it was some time before she laughed again.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • To scare the grocer with a slouch hat and a medieval oath was not only a youthful ebullition, it was a symbolic act.

    Vie de Bohme | Orlo Williams
  • Unlike that of the Great Geyser, it is always in ebullition, and its temperature is subject to comparatively slight differences.

  • Fred was right; the two elders did soon make it up, and the political ebullition seemed to be forgotten.

    Crown and Sceptre | George Manville Fenn
  • When aquafortis is poured on it it produces ebullition, especially, as I have found, if the Crystal has been pulverized.

    Treatise on Light | Christiaan Huygens

British Dictionary definitions for ebullition

ebullition

/ (ˌɛbəˈlɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the process of boiling

  2. a sudden outburst, as of intense emotion

Origin of ebullition

1
C16: from Late Latin ēbullītiō; see ebullient

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