fermentation
pronunciation
How to pronounce fermentation in British English:
UK [ˌfɜːmenˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce fermentation in American English:
US [ˌfɜːrmenˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
- a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
- a chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
Word Origin
- fermentation (n.)
- late 14c., in alchemy, with a broad sense; modern scientific sense is from c. 1600; from Late Latin fermentationem (nominative fermentatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin fermentare "to ferment" (see ferment (v.)). Figurative use attested from 1650s.
Example
- 1. So most bacteria go the fermentation route .
- 2. They cool off wort before fermentation .
- 3. Most time is spent on fermentation .
- 4. Usually with corn or rice made from the fermentation of biotechnology .
- 5. Second fermentation and conditioning take place in huge stainless steel tanks .