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Pronunciation: [dɪstɪlˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Distillation is the process in which a liquid or mixture is purified and separated through the use of heat and evaporation. Other synonyms for distillation include extraction, refining, separation, concentration, and purification. Extraction typically refers to the process of extracting a specific substance from a larger mixture, while refining involves removing impurities from a substance. Separation is a broader term that can refer to any process that separates a mixture into its constituent parts. Concentration involves increasing the proportion of a specific substance in a mixture, while purification refers to the process of removing any impurities or contaminants from a substance. Each of these terms describes a form of distillation and can be used interchangeably to describe the process of purifying and separating substances.

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Usage examples for Distillation

Its coldness agrees not with my stomach, and I prefer the distillation of our northern hills to the juice of the grapes of the sunny south.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
Then MacArthur was taken ill, Bligh called upon him, and a peaceful aspect of affairs came over the land, which lasted until early in 1807. Bligh, in accordance with his special instructions, had issued an order by which the distillation of spirits was prohibited, and the seizure of any apparatus employed in such process enjoined.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
Delicate indeed was the fragrance which did not yield itself to a few minutes of this distillation.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe

Famous quotes with Distillation

  • History, a distillation of rumour.
    Thomas Carlyle
  • You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.
    Ralph Fiennes
  • The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding.
    Edward Steichen
  • In this century the writer has carried on a conversation with madness. We might almost say of the twentieth-century writer that he aspires to madness. Some have made it, of course, and they hold special places in our regard. To a writer, madness is a final distillation of self, a final editing down. It's the drowning out of false voices.
    Don DeLillo
  • This is an age of intellectual sauces, of essence, of distillation. We have conclusions without deductions, abridgments of history and abridgments of science without leading facts. We have animals for literature, Cabinet Encyclopaedias, Family Libraries, Diffusion Societies, and heaven knows what else! What is all this for? Not to add knowledge to the learned, but to tell points to the ignorant, without giving them the trouble to acquire the links. Oh! it is sad work. And the result will be injurious to all classes.
    Benjamin Haydon

Related words: distillation methods, distillation process, distillation column, distillation equipment, distillation process diagram, distillation plant, distillation process flow diagram, oil refinery process flow diagram, distillation unit

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