1. The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapours
   "distillation is commonly used in the production of alcoholic spirits";
   - distillment
    
2. A purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapour during distilling; the product of distilling
   "Vodka is a distillation of fermented grains or potatoes";
   - distillate
    
3. Act or process of extracting the essential meaning or most important aspects of something
   "Her report offered a clear distillation of the complex research findings"
    
4. (AI) technique of transferring knowledge from a large, complex model to a smaller, more efficient one
   "Knowledge distillation helped create a more compact version of the language mode"

Derived forms: distillations

Type of: action, activity, liquid, natural action, natural process

Encyclopedia: Distillation