Dictionary Definition
fermentation
Noun
1 a process in which an agent causes an organic
substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the
anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: zymosis, zymolysis, fermenting, ferment]
2 a state of agitation or turbulent change or
development; "the political ferment produced a new leadership";
"social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, unrest]
3 a chemical phenomenon in which an organic
molecule splits into simpler substances [syn: ferment]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
- The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense.
- physiology chemistry 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.
- A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.
Translations
process of effervescent change, as by the action
of yeast
- Slovene: vrenje
transformation of an organic substance into new
compounds by the action of a ferment
- Slovene: vrenje
state of agitation or excitement
- Slovene: vrenje
Related terms
References
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Pronunciation
Extensive Definition
Fermentation may mean:
- Fermentation (biochemistry), the process of energy production in a cell under anaerobic conditions (without oxygen)
- Ethanol fermentation, a form of anaerobic respiration used primarily by yeasts when oxygen is not present in sufficient quantity for normal cellular respiration
- Industrial fermentation, the breakdown and re-assembly of biochemicals for industry, often in aerobic growth conditions
In food
science, fermentation may mean:
- Fermentation (food), the conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids under anaerobic conditions used for making certain foods
- Fermentation (wine), the process of fermentation commonly used in winemaking
- Fermentation (beer), the process of fermentation commonly used in brewing beer.
- Fermentation (tea), the name used in the tea industry for the aerobic treatment of tea leaves to break down certain unwanted chemicals and modify others to develop the flavour of the tea
Ferment may refer to:
- Ferment (album), by Catherine Wheel
fermentation in German: Zymologie
fermentation in Esperanto: Zimologio
fermentation in French: Zymologie
fermentation in Slovenian:
Fermentacija
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acescence, acetification, acidification, acidulation, ado, agitation, alkalization, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brouhaha, bubbliness, bubbling, bustle, carbonation, catalysis, chemicalization,
churn, commotion, conturbation, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, effervescency, electrolysis, embroilment, excitement, feery-fary,
ferment, fever, feverishness, fidgets, fizz, fizzle, flap, flurry, fluster, flutteration, foaming, foment, frothiness, frothing, fume, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, hydrogenation, inquietude, isomerism, jitters, jumpiness, leaven, leavening, maelstrom, malaise, metamerism, metamerization, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, nitration, oxidation, oxidization, pell-mell,
perturbation,
phosphatization,
polymerism, polymerization, position
isomerism, reduction,
restlessness,
roil, rout, row, ruffle, saturization, seethe, seething, souring, sparkle, spumescence, stir, swirl, swirling, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unrest, uproar, upset, vortex, whirl, working, yeastiness