effervescence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of bubbling as gas escapes
  2. noun the property of giving off bubbles
    bubbliness; frothiness.

WordNet

Ef`fer*ves"cence, Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy noun (Also<
  • Effervescence
  • Effervescency
)
Etymology
Cf. F. effervescence.
Definitions
  1. A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

Webster 1913