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distillation

/ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/ noun C2
  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. Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification. (countable, uncountable)
  4. Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation. (countable, uncountable)
  5. The substance extracted by distilling. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A technique in which a neural network is trained on the outputs or behaviour of a more complex model in order to transfer selected knowledge and capabilities to a smaller, more focused, or more efficient model. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A model produced by such a process. (countable, uncountable)

Plural distillations

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For three days he watered this cabbage with a distillation of arsenic; on the third, the cabbage began to droop and turn yellow.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 530 · C1

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