01 n. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
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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.
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3.
A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.