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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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  1. n. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
  2. n. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali.
  3. n. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.
  4. n. an unrestrained expression of emotion
  5. 1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor. 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.] 3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.
  6. n an unrestrained expression of emotion