boiling point

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/

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Noun

boiling point (countable and uncountable, plural boiling points)

1. (physics, chemistry) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.
2. (idiomatic) The state of being heated, with high aggression.
   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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 m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沸點／沸点 (zh) (fèidiǎn)

• Czech: bod varu (cs)
• Dutch: kookpunt (nl) n
• Esperanto: bolpunkto
• Finnish: kiehumispiste (fi)
• French: point d’ébullition (fr) m
• German: Siedepunkt (de) m
• Greek: σημείο βρασμού n (simeío vrasmoú)
• Hungarian: forráspont (hu)
• Japanese: 沸点 (ja) (ふってん, futten)
• Kazakh: қайнау температурасы (qainau temperaturasy)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xala kelînê (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: кайноо чекити (kaynoo çekiti)
• Maori: pae koropupū, paemahana koropupū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kokepunkt (no) n

  Nynorsk: kokepunkt n

• Portuguese: ponto de ebulição m
• Romanian: punct de fierbere n
• Russian: температу́ра кипе́ния f (temperatúra kipénija), точка кипения (točka kipenija) (idiomatic)
• Spanish: punto de ebullición m
• Swedish: kokpunkt (sv) c
• Tagalog: tungos ng pagkulo
• Thai: จุดเดือด (th) (jùt-dʉ̀ʉat)
• Turkish: kaynama noktası (tr)
• Vietnamese: điểm bay hơi, điểm sôi, nhiệt độ bay hơi
• Welsh: berwbwynt m

Further reading

• boiling point on Wikipedia.Wikipedia