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    Ebullition , n. [F. ébullition, 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.
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    2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aëriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali. [Formerly written bullition.]
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    3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.
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