BOILING

Boiling

Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding environmental pressure.

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boiling

Noun

  1. The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

Verb

boiling

Adjective

  1. That boils or boil.
  2. Extremely hot or active.
  3. Feeling uncomfortably hot.
  4. Very hot.

Adverb

  1. Extremely
    He was boiling mad.


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