distillation

/dษชstษชหˆleษชสƒษ™n/

IPA: /D IH0 S T AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

  2. 2

    That which falls in drops.

  3. 3

    (chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.

  4. 4

    The substance extracted by distilling.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distillation