Noun
boiling point (countable and uncountable, plural boiling points)
- (physical chemistry, physics) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.
- (idiomatic, figurative) The state of being heated, with high aggression.
2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in 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.
Translations
temperature at which a liquid boils
- Armenian: եռման կետ (eṙman ket), եռման ջերմաստիճան (hy) (eṙman ǰermastičan)
- 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
- Galician: punto de ebulición (gl)
- Georgian: დუღილის წერტილი (duɣilis c̣erṭili), დუღილის ტემპერატურა (duɣilis ṭemṗeraṭura)
- German: Siedepunkt (de) m
- Greek: σημείο βρασμού n (simeío vrasmoú)
- Hawaiian: kēkelē paila
- Hungarian: forráspont (hu)
- Icelandic: suðumark n
- Indonesian: titik didih (id)
- Italian: punto di ebollizione m
- Japanese: 沸点 (ja) (ふってん, futten)
- Kannada: ಕುದಿ ಬಿಂದು (kn) (kudi bindu), ಕುದಿಯುವ ಮಟ್ಟ (kn) (kudiyuva maṭṭa), ಕುದಿಮಟ್ಟ (kn) (kudimaṭṭa), ಕುದಿಗೆ ಬರುವ ಶಾಖ (kn) (kudige baruva śākha), ಕುದಿಗೆ ಬರುವ ಉಷ್ಣಾಂಶ (kn) (kudige baruva uṣṇāṃśa)
- Kazakh: қайнау температурасы (qainau temperaturasy)
- Korean: 끓는점 (kkeulleunjeom), 비점(沸點) (bijeom)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: xala kelînê (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: кайноо чекити (kaynoo cekiti)
- Macedonian: точка на вриење f (točka na vrienje)
- Maori: pae koropupū, paemahana koropupū
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kokepunkt (no) n
- Nynorsk: kokepunkt n
- Polish: temperatura wrzenia (pl) f
- 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
- Swahili: kiwango cha mchemko
- Swedish: kokpunkt (sv) c
- Tagalog: tungos ng pagkulo
- Tamil: கொதிநிலை (ta) (kotinilai)
- Thai: จุดเดือด (th) (jùt-dʉ̀ʉat)
- Turkish: kaynama noktası (tr)
- Ukrainian: температу́ра кипі́ння f (temperatúra kypínnja), то́чка кипі́ння f (tóčka kypínnja)
- Vietnamese: điểm bay hơi, điểm sôi, nhiệt độ bay hơi
- Welsh: berwbwynt m
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