| Definitions of 'fermentation' |
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1. (noun) agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest
a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
"the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"
2. (noun) zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment
a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
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1. (noun) fermentation
the process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it
2. (noun) fermentation
a state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings
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Definition of fermentation 
