distillation
/ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.01 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "to be stopped in, like a strong distillation, with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease."
- "Then, were not summer's distillation left, A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass […]"
- "Distillation is often used to train new systems. If a company takes data from proprietary technology, the practice may be legally problematic. But it is often allowed by open source technologies."
- "Anthropic says three Chinese firms used ‘distillation’ technique to extract information from its Claude chatbot[.]"
- "Sarah Heck, Anthropic’s head of public policy, said in a social media post on Wednesday that “illicit, adversarial distillation is IP theft and industrial espionage that supports adversary military and intelligence capabilities.”"
Etymology
From Middle English distillacioun, from Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from Latin distīllātiōnem, accusative of distīllātiō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: distillacioun, distīllātiōnem
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/
- British English: /dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/