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English → English (gcide) Definition: bullition 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]