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distillation.

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

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/UK/ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/Canada, US/dɪstɪˈlæɪʃən/Australia
  1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

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  2. That which falls in drops.

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  3. The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation. Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.

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  4. 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.

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  5. The substance extracted by distilling.

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  6. 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.

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  7. A model produced by such a process.

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Where this word comes from

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

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