boiling point
Example Sentences
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Over the past year, frustrations have reached a boiling point.
From BBC
These temperatures are far higher than those of earlier superconductors and are above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen, which is why scientists classify them as high temperature superconductors.
From Science Daily
Her inner intensity expresses itself in a frenzy of volcanic feeling that can never be tamped down once it reaches its boiling point.
From Los Angeles Times
Under the right pressure conditions, ice can form at room temperature or even at temperatures higher than its usual boiling point.
From Science Daily
It can take quite a few years to get to to that boiling point.
From BBC
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