EFFERVESCENCE

bubbliness, effervescence, frothiness

(noun) the property of giving off bubbles

effervescence

(noun) the process of bubbling as gas escapes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

effervescence (countable and uncountable, plural effervescences)

The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.

Vivacity.

Foment.

Source: Wiktionary


Ef`fer*ves"cence, Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. effervescence.]

Definition: A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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