'Distillation' definitions:
Definition of 'distillation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors [syn: distillation, distillment]
noun
A purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling [syn: distillate, distillation]
Definition of 'Distillation'
From: GCIDE
- Distillation \Dis`til*la"tion\ (d[i^]s`t[i^]l*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [F. distillation, L. destillatio.]
- 1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which falls in drops. [R.] --Johnson [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or hail, is an illustration of natural distillation. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The substance extracted by distilling. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood.
- Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid.
- Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'distillation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aeration,
- aerification,
- artifact,
- atomization,
- blazing,
- blistering,
- bolting,
- brainchild,
- branding,
- burning,
- calcination,
- carbonization,
- cauterization,
- cautery,
- child,
- cineration,
- clarification,
- coinage,
- colature,
- combustion,
- composition,
- concentrate,
- concentration,
- concoction,
- concremation,
- condensation,
- core,
- cracking,
- creation,
- creature,
- cremation,
- crowning achievement,
- cupellation,
- decoction,
- deflagration,
- destructive distillation,
- disentanglement,
- disinvolvement,
- distillate,
- distilling,
- dribble,
- drip,
- dripping,
- drippings,
- drop,
- edulcoration,
- effect,
- elixir,
- elution,
- elutriation,
- end product,
- essence,
- essentialization,
- etherealization,
- etherification,
- evaporation,
- exhalation,
- expression,
- extract,
- extraction,
- fabric,
- filtering,
- filtration,
- flaming,
- fluidization,
- fractionation,
- fruit,
- fumigation,
- gasification,
- gist,
- handiwork,
- heart,
- incineration,
- infusion,
- invention,
- issue,
- kernel,
- leaching,
- leak,
- leakage,
- leaking,
- lixiviation,
- manufacture,
- marrow,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- material,
- matter,
- meat,
- medium,
- mintage,
- narrowing,
- new mintage,
- nub,
- offspring,
- opera,
- opus,
- opuscule,
- origination,
- outcome,
- outgrowth,
- oxidation,
- oxidization,
- parching,
- percolation,
- pith,
- pressing,
- product,
- production,
- purification,
- pyrolysis,
- quintessence,
- refinement,
- refining,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- result,
- riddling,
- sap,
- scorching,
- scorification,
- screening,
- searing,
- seepage,
- seeping,
- self-immolation,
- separation,
- sieving,
- sifting,
- simplification,
- singeing,
- smelting,
- smoking,
- soaking,
- soul,
- spirit,
- spiritualization,
- spurtle,
- squeezing,
- steaming,
- steeping,
- straining,
- streamlining,
- stripping,
- stripping down,
- stuff,
- sublimation,
- substance,
- sum and substance,
- suttee,
- sweating,
- the stake,
- thermogenesis,
- trickle,
- tricklet,
- uncluttering,
- unscrambling,
- unsnarling,
- vaporization,
- vesication,
- volatilization,
- winnowing,
- work