distillation
pronunciation
How to pronounce distillation in British English:
UK [dɪstɪˈleɪʃn]
How to pronounce distillation in American English:
US [dɪstɪˈleɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
- a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
Word Origin
- distillation (n.)
- late 14c., "process of distilling," from Late Latin distillationem (nominative distillatio), noun of action from past participle stem of distillare (see distill). Meaning "product of distilling" is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. Different boiling points allow the hydrocarbons to be separated by distillation .
- 2. They helped create new drugs , brighter pigments and improved booze distillation .
- 3. Precisely when and by whom the distillation of alcohol was perfected is not known .
- 4. The current desalination methods , distillation and reverse osmosis , are expensive and require lots of energy .
- 5. Careless distillation in many a backwoods still has caused it to blind the imbibers of " alternative " alcoholic drinks .