'Bullition' definitions:
Definition of 'Bullition'
From: GCIDE
- Bullition \Bul*li"tion\, n. [L. bullire, bullitum, to boil. See Boil, v. i.] The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bullition'
From: GCIDE
- Ebullition \Eb`ul*li"tion\, n. [F. ['e]bullition, L. ebullitio, fr. ebullire. See Ebullient.]
- 1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an a["e]riform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali. [Formerly written bullition.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper. [1913 Webster]