FERMENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fermentation mean? 

• FERMENTATION (noun)
  The noun FERMENTATION has 2 senses:

1. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

2. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

  Familiarity information: FERMENTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FERMENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of agitation or turbulent change or development

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

agitation; ferment; fermentation; tempestuousness; unrest

Context example:

social unrest

Hypernyms ("fermentation" is a kind of...):

Sturm und Drang; turbulence; upheaval (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally))

Derivation:

ferment (work up into agitation or excitement)

ferment (be in an agitated or excited state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

ferment; fermentation; fermenting; zymolysis; zymosis

Hypernyms ("fermentation" is a kind of...):

chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fermentation"):

bottom fermentation (a slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of lager)

top fermentation (a violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of ale)

vinification (the process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine)

Derivation:

ferment (go sour or spoil)

ferment (cause to undergo fermentation)

 Context examples 

This species is oxidase negative, catalase positive, reduces nitrate, indole negative and produce gas during fermentation.

(Enterobacter taylorae, NCI Thesaurus)

If oxygen is absent, electron transport and the Krebs cycle rapidly halt, leaving glycolysis and fermentation as the main means of energy production.

(Electron Transport Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This subspecies is motile by multiple subterminal flagella, esterase lipase positive, reduces nitrate and fermentation of glycogen in the presence of serum produces pyruvate.

(Mobiluncus curtisii subsp holmesii, NCI Thesaurus)

Negative reactions for lactose, melibiose, and sorbitol fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, H2S and urease production, lysine decarboxylase, and citrate.

(Escherichia hermannii, NCI Thesaurus)

Netilmicin is derived from sisomicin, a naturally occurring aminoglycoside antibiotic produced by the fermentation of Micromonospora inyoensis.

(Netilmicin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Fermentation is much less efficient than oxidative phosphorylation in making ATP, creating only 2 ATP per glucose while oxidative phosphorylation creates 36 ATP per glucose in mammalian cells.

(Glycolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The sulfate salt form of gentamycin, a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic complex produced by the fermentation of Micromonospora purpurea or M. echinospora, with antibacterial activity.

(Gentamicin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic produced by fermentation of Micromonospora purpurea or M. echinospora.

(Gentamicin, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic, water soluble aminoglycoside derived from sisomicin, a naturally occurring antibiotic produced by the fermentation of Micromonospora inyoensis.

(Netilmicin, NCI Thesaurus)

A volatile liquid prepared by fermentation of certain carbohydrates.

(Alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)