Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, physical, uncountable)The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.

    Siedepunkt

    температу́ра кипе́нияtemperatúra kipénija, точка кипенияtočka kipenija

    температу́ра кипі́нняtemperatúra kypínnja, то́чка кипі́нняtóčka kypínnja

    the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

  2. (countable, figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable)The state of being heated, with high aggression.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Taro has a low boiling point.

  2. What's the boiling point of water?

    deWie hoch ist der Siedepunkt von Wasser? — fenris

  3. Ziri brought the grapes to a boiling point.

  4. When the pressure is lower, the boiling point is lower.

    ruКогда давление ниже, то и точка кипения ниже. — odexed

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  5. When I arrived, the dispute had reached its boiling point.

    ruКогда я приехал, спор был в самом разгаре. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch kam hinzu, als der Streit auf dem Höhepunkt angelangt war. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

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Forms

plural: boiling points
Singularboiling point
Pluralboiling points

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level:boil

Word family

5 related words

See also

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