boiling point

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boiling point (plural boiling points)

1. (physics) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.
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   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:

     Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.

Related terms

• melting point
• freezing point
• triple point
• boiling point elevation

Translations

temperature at which a liquid boils

Catalan: punt d’ebullició (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 沸點 (cmn), 沸点 (cmn) (fèidiǎn) Czech: bod varu (cs) Dutch: kookpunt n. Esperanto: bolpunkto (eo) Finnish: kiehumispiste (fi) French: point d'ébullition m.

German: Siedepunkt (de) m. Greek: σημείο βρασμού (el) (simeío vrasmoú) n. Japanese: 沸点 (ja) (ふってん, futten) Portuguese: ponto de ebulição m. Russian: температура кипения (ru) (temperatúra kipénija) f. Spanish: punto de ebullición (es) m. Swedish: kokpunkt (sv) c. Turkish: kaynama noktası (tr)