distillation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.
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.

Pronunciation

/dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-distillation.wav /ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-distillation.wav /dɪstɪˈlæɪʃən/

Word forms

distillation distillations

Etymology

From Middle English distillacioun, from Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from Latin distīllātiōnem, accusative of distīllātiō.

Derived words

bidistillation codistillation cryodistillation destructive distillation distillation chaser dry distillation fractional distillation freeze distillation global distillation hydrodistillation membrane distillation microdistillation predistillation redistillation salt-effect distillation steam distillation vacuum distillation

Translations

Arabic: تَقْطِير Bulgarian: дестилация Catalan: destil·lació Chinese Mandarin: 蒸餾 /蒸馏 Czech: destilace Dutch: destillatie Dutch: distillatie Finnish: tislaus French: distillation Georgian: გამოხდა Georgian: დისტილაცია Georgian: რექტიფიკაცია German: Destillation Greek: απόσταξη Japanese: 蒸留 Korean: 증류 Malay: penyulingan Māori: iheunga Norman: distillâtion Norwegian: destillasjon Persian: تقطیر Polish: destylacja Portuguese: destilação Russian: дистилля́ция Russian: перего́нка Spanish: destilación Swedish: destillering Swedish: destillation Tagalog: singawkintay Turkish: destilasyon Turkish: distilasyon Urdu: تقطیر Volapük: steil Volapük: steilam

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