distillation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
  2. (countable, uncountable) That which falls in drops.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The substance extracted by distilling.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/
Etymology

In summary

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

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