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What does boiling point mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word boiling point? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (physics) 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.
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Neon, because it has such a low boiling point, doesn't liquefy with the other gases but hovers above the liquid air and can be removed.
His mind became a vast pressure cooker, simmering just below the boiling point.
Such properties include the lowering of vapor pressure, the elevation of boiling point, and the lowering of freezing point and osmotic pressure.
The rivalry came to a boiling point when the dueling divas finished the evening with an exhaustive dance-off.
Strictly speaking a gas is a substance at a temperature above its boiling point.
Radon condenses to a clear, colorless liquid at its boiling point and then freezes to form a yellow, then orangish red solid.

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