Distillation

//ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors wordnet
  3. 3
    That which falls in drops. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 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
  2. 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."

  3. 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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