distillation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English distillacioun, from Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from Latin distīllātiōnem, accusative of distīllātiō. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪstɪˈlæɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === distillation (countable and uncountable, plural distillations) The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops. That which falls in drops. (chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation. Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification. (petrochemistry) Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation. The substance extracted by distilling. (machine learning) The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dis.ti.la.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === distillation f (plural distillations) distillation === Further reading === “distillation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012