Webster's English Dictionary

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distillation

dis.til.la.tion \.dis-t*-'la--sh*n\ n 1: a process that consists of driving 
   gas or vapor from liquids or solids b y heating and condensing to liquid 
   products and that is used esp. for purification, fractionation, or the 
   formation of new substances 2: DISTILLATE