distillation

Meanings

Plural: distillations

Noun

• the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
• a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
• The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
• That which falls in drops.
• The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
• Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.
• 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.
• The substance extracted by distilling.
• The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one.

Synonyms

distillate, distillment