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distillation

/ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃn/noun

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noun
  1. 1

    [U]

    the process of heating a liquid until it becomes a gas and then cooling it so that it becomes liquid again, in order to make it pure or to separate its parts

    आसवन

    • Pure water can be obtained from sea water by distillation.
    • Petrol and diesel are separated from crude oil by fractional distillation.
  2. 2

    [C/U] formal

    the most important part of something, or the process of getting it from something larger

    सार, निचोड़

    • The book is a distillation of forty years of teaching experience.

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◇Word family
distil verbdistillery noun
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§Grammar and usage

British and American: the verb is distil in British English and distill in American English, but the noun is distillation in both.

British और American में, verb British English में distil और American English में distill है, पर noun दोनों में distillation ही है।