1. A state of agitation or turbulent change or development
   - agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest 
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
   - zymosis, zymolysis, fermenting, ferment

Derived forms: fermentations

See also: ferment, fermentable

Type of: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, Sturm und Drang, turbulence, upheaval

Encyclopedia: Fermentation

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