distillation
The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
Other meanings
That which falls in drops.
The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
Related words
- bidistillation
- codistillation
- cryodistillation
- hydrodistillation
- microdistillation
- predistillation
- redistillation
- destructive distillation
- distillation chaser
- dry distillation
- fractional distillation
- freeze distillation
Word history
From Latin "distīllātiōnem".
Where this comes from
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