EGAVE

distillation

About 2.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
  2. noun That which falls in drops.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.
  5. noun Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.
  6. noun The substance extracted by distilling.
  7. noun A technique in which a neural network is trained on the outputs or behaviour of a more complex model in order to transfer selected knowledge and capabilities to a smaller, more focused, or more efficient model.
  8. noun A model produced by such a process.

Similar words

distillment distillate distilling tar distiller distillery purification sublimation fractionation range

Often followed by

of is and column in process with from apparatus

Word family

distillations

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