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Noun: distillation  `dis'tleyshun
  1. The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapours
    - distillment
     
  2. A purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapour during distilling; the product of distilling
    - distillate

Derived forms: distillations

See also: distill [N. Amer]

Type of: action, activity, liquid, natural action, natural process

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