'Ebullition' definitions:
Definition of 'ebullition'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Ebullition'
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]
Synonyms of 'ebullition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agitation,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- bubbliness,
- bubbling,
- bustle,
- cacophony,
- carbonation,
- chaos,
- churn,
- coction,
- commotion,
- conturbation,
- decoction,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- ebullience,
- ebulliency,
- ebulliometer,
- eddy,
- effervescence,
- effervescency,
- embroilment,
- excitement,
- fanaticism,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgets,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- foaming,
- foment,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- frenzy,
- frothiness,
- frothing,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- hubbub,
- hurly-burly,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry,
- inquietude,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- moil,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- pandemonium,
- passion,
- pell-mell,
- perturbation,
- racket,
- rage,
- restlessness,
- roil,
- rout,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruffle,
- rumpus,
- seethe,
- seething,
- simmer,
- simmering,
- sparkle,
- spumescence,
- stewing,
- stir,
- storminess,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- tempestuousness,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- tumultuousness,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- unease,
- unrest,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vortex,
- whirl,
- wildness,
- yeastiness,
- zeal,
- zealousness