What does "distillation" mean?

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

What is a synonym for "distillation"?

Common synonyms include: distillate, aeration, aerification, artifact, atomization, blazing.

Pronounced //ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən//.

//ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

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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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."
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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."