distillation.
The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
A model produced by such a process.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English distillacioun, from Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from Latin distīllātiōnem, accusative of distīllātiō.
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