distillation
noun
dis·til·la·tion
ˌdi-stə-ˈlā-shən 
1
a
: the process of purifying a liquid by successive evaporation and condensation
b
: a process like distillation
gradual distillation of the truth
also
: an instance of such distilling
2
: something distilled : distillate sense 2
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What to expect: Small bites and distinctive distillations.
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
After a more than century-long prohibition, the two entrepreneurs wanted to bring whiskey distillation back to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
While archival materials in Ade’s exhibition underwent metamorphosis and distillation, Timoteus took a cinematographic approach to archival history.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
The book sizzles in its distillations, is coolly askew in its dark spirals.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
After a more than century-long prohibition, the two entrepreneurs wanted to bring whiskey distillation back to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
While archival materials in Ade’s exhibition underwent metamorphosis and distillation, Timoteus took a cinematographic approach to archival history.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
The book sizzles in its distillations, is coolly askew in its dark spirals.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
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distillation
noun
dis·til·la·tion
ˌdis-tə-ˈlā-shən
: a process of heating a liquid or solid until it sends off a vapor and then cooling the vapor until it becomes liquid
Medical Definition
distillation
noun
dis·til·la·tion
ˌdis-tə-ˈlā-shən
1
: a process that consists of driving gas or vapor from liquids or solids by heating and condensing to liquid products and that is used especially for purification, fractionation, or the formation of new substances
2
: something distilled
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