boiling point

English

boiling point (countable and uncountable, plural boiling points)

(physics, chemistry) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.
(idiomatic) 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.

temperature at which a liquid boils

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
German: Siedepunkt (de) m
Greek: σημείο βρασμού n (simeío vrasmoú)
Hungarian: forráspont (hu)
Japanese: 沸点 (ja) (ふってん, futten)
Kazakh: қайнау температурасы (qainau temperaturasy)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xala kelînê (ku) f
Kyrgyz: кайноо чекити (kaynoo çekiti)
Maori: pae koropupū, paemahana koropupū
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kokepunkt (no) n
Nynorsk: kokepunkt n
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
Swedish: kokpunkt (sv) c
Tagalog: tungos ng pagkulo
Thai: จุดเดือด (th) (jùt-dʉ̀ʉat)
Turkish: kaynama noktası (tr)
Vietnamese: điểm bay hơi, điểm sôi, nhiệt độ bay hơi
Welsh: berwbwynt m