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What does boiling point mean?

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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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That restricts its operating temperature to below the boiling point of water.
The rivalry came to a boiling point when the dueling divas finished the evening with an exhaustive dance-off.
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.
Radon condenses to a clear, colorless liquid at its boiling point and then freezes to form a yellow, then orangish red solid.
The flask is then heated to a temperature above the boiling point of the liquid.

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