distillation
See also: distillâtion
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin distillātiō, distillātiōnem.
Pronunciation
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- 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 heating and condensing.
- Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.
- (petroleum) Separation into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.
- The substance extracted by distilling.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, III. v. 104:
- to be stopped in, like a strong distillation, with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 5:
- Then, were not summer's distillation left,
- A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass ...
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, III. v. 104:
Translations
falling in drips (act)
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falling in drops (thing)
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separation of a substance
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