Ĕb'ul-lĭ'tion, n.
(-lish'un), n. [Fr. ébullition, Pr. ebullitio, Sp. ebulicion, It. ebullizione, ebollizione. See supra.]
Sense 1. The operation of boiling; the agitation of a liquid from the escape of bubbles, the existence of these being due to the action of heat in converting a part of the liquid into vapor.
Sense 2. Effervescence, which is occasioned by fermentation, or by any other process which causes the extrication of an aëriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali. [Formerly written bullition.]
Sense 3. An exhilaration or outward display of feeling; as, an ebullition of anger.