Distillation

Definitions

1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
   countable, uncountable
2. That which falls in drops.
   countable, uncountable
3. The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
   countable, uncountable
4. Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.
   countable, uncountable
5. Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.
   countable, uncountable
6. The substance extracted by distilling.
   countable, uncountable
7. The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“to be stopped in, like⟳ a strong distillation, with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own⟳ grease.”

“Then, were not summer's distillation left, A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass […]”

“Distillation is often used to train⟳ new systems. If a company takes data from proprietary technology, the practice may be legally problematic. But it is often allowed by open⟳ source technologies.”

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