distillation
noun
dis·til·la·tion
ˌdi-stə-ˈlā-shən 
1
a
: the process of purifying a liquid by successive evaporation and condensation
b
: a process like distillation
gradual distillation of the truth
also
: an instance of such distilling
2
: something distilled : distillate sense 2
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His jurisprudence relating to the powers of the Presidency under Article II of the Constitution, which vests the executive power in a single chief executive, represents the purest distillation of the unitary executive theory.
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Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
In doing so, his luxury brand aesthetic is a distillation of everything that’s shaped him: the clean precision of Italian tailoring, the meditative beauty of modernist architecture, and the confidence of understatement.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
His jurisprudence relating to the powers of the Presidency under Article II of the Constitution, which vests the executive power in a single chief executive, represents the purest distillation of the unitary executive theory.
—Cristian Farias, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
The Mobile Suit Gundam film trilogy is a distillation of the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam series.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 2 May 2025
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“Distillation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distillation. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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distillation
noun
dis·til·la·tion
ˌdis-tə-ˈlā-shən
: a process of heating a liquid or solid until it sends off a vapor and then cooling the vapor until it becomes liquid
Medical Definition
distillation
noun
dis·til·la·tion
ˌdis-tə-ˈlā-shən
1
: a process that consists of driving gas or vapor from liquids or solids by heating and condensing to liquid products and that is used especially for purification, fractionation, or the formation of new substances
2
: something distilled
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