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Definition of: effervescence
(ef′ər·ves′əns) noun
1. The escape of bubbles of gas from a liquid otherwise than by boiling, or the condition of a substance resulting therefrom.
2. A bubbling up: the effervescence of a carbonate with an acid.
3. Irrepressible excitement or emotion. Also ef′fer·ves′cen·cy. [<L effervescens, -entis, ppr. of effervescere. See EFFERVESCE.]
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