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Definition of Effervesce
1. Verb. Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. "Sparkling water"
Specialized synonyms: Lather, Seethe
Generic synonyms: Bubble
Derivative terms: Effervescence, Effervescence, Effervescent, Effervescent, Fizz, Foam, Froth
Definition of Effervesce
1. v. i. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.
Definition of Effervesce
1. Verb. (intransitive of a liquid) to emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive of a gas) to escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive of a person) to show high spirits ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Effervesce
1. [v -VESCED, -VESCING, -VESCES]
Medical Definition of Effervesce
1. To boil up or form bubbles rising to the surface of a fluid in large numbers, as in the evolution of CO2 from aqueous solution when the pressure is reduced. Origin: L. Ef-fervesco, to boil up, from ferveo, to boil (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Effervesce
Literary usage of Effervesce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"In addition to the phenomena by which the above view is shown to be true,tI may
add that the greater number of rocks containing silicate of lime effervesce ..."
2. Medico-physical Works: Being a Translation of Tractatus Quinque Medico-physici by John Mayow (1907)
"... so too, they may be found in shells, chalk, and stones ; and the-proof of this
is that most of these effervesce with any acid spirit poured upon them. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemical Terms by James Fitton Couch (1920)
"effervesce. 1 A frothing of a cold effervescence. / or hot liquid due to the
formation within it and subsequent discharge of a large number of gas bubbles. ..."
4. Dissertations: On the Mechanics of Effervescence and Fermentation and on the by Jean Bernoulli, Troels Kardel (1997)
"The particles of acid remain intact after splitting up the particles of alkali
so that they remain able to effervesce afterwards. But the panicles of alkali ..."
5. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1912)
"Light-gray chips, which effervesce very strongly in cold HCl.... - 10 2150 21.
Light gray to drab, compact limestone chips, which effervesce readily in cold ..."
6. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1869)
"Directly we pour some of this acid upon them, tho shells undergo solution, and
immediately they effervesce. Well, not only will shells or limestone act thus ..."
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