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Distillation
//ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops. countable, uncountable
- 2 the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors wordnet
- 3 That which falls in drops. countable, uncountable
- 4 a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling wordnet
- 5 The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.; Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification. countable, uncountable
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- 6 The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.; Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation. countable, uncountable
- 7 The substance extracted by distilling. countable, uncountable
"to be stopped in, like a strong distillation, with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease."
- 8 The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one. countable, uncountable
"Distillation is often used to train new systems. If a company takes data from proprietary technology, the practice may be legally problematic. But it is often allowed by open source technologies."
Etymology
From Middle English distillacioun, from Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from Latin distīllātiōnem, accusative of distīllātiō.
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