distillation
Pronunciation: /dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/
The English word “distillation” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
- That which falls in drops.
- Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.
- Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.
- The substance extracted by distilling.
- A technique in which a neural network is trained on the outputs or behaviour of a more complex model in order to transfer selected knowledge and capabilities to a smaller, more focused, or more efficient model.
- A model produced by such a process.
Etymology
From Middle English distillacioun, from Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from Latin distīllātiōnem, accusative of distīllātiō.
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