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• distill — verb 1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation (Freq. 3) purify the water • Syn: ↑purify, ↑sublimate, ↑make pure • Derivationally related forms: ↑distill …   Useful english dictionary

• distill — dis|till distil [dıˈstıl] v past tense and past participle distilled present participle distilling [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: distiller, from Latin stillare to fall in drops ] 1.) to make a liquid such as water or alcohol more… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• distill — dis|till [ dı stıl ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) to make a liquid more pure by heating it until it becomes a gas and then making it colder so that it becomes a liquid again a ) to use this process to make an alcoholic drink such as… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• distill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. extract, express, concentrate; drip, trickle, evaporate; purify. See purity, extraction, vapor. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. vaporize and condense, volatilize, draw out, steam, drip, precipitate, sublimate …   English dictionary for students

• distill — v. purify a liquid by condensing it; extract an essence; make whiskey; drip …   English contemporary dictionary

• Vapor-liquid equilibrium — Vapor liquid equilibrium, abbreviated as VLE by some, is a condition where a liquid and its vapor (gas phase) are in equilibrium with each other, a condition or state where the rate of evaporation (liquid changing to vapor) equals the rate of… …   Wikipedia

• Ionic liquid — An ionic liquid is a liquid that contains essentially only ions. Some ionic liquids, such as ethylammonium nitrate are in a dynamic equilibrium where at any time more than 99.99% of the liquid is made up of ionic rather than molecular species. In …   Wikipedia

• Fractionally — Frac tion*al*ly, adv. By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Phosphorine — is a heavy benzene analog containing a phosphorus atom instead of a CH moiety, so it is considered to be a heavier element analog of pyridine. It is also called phosphinine or phosphabenzene. Phosphorine is a planar aromatic compound with 88% of… …   Wikipedia

• Distillation — Distiller and Distillery redirect here. For other uses, see Distiller (disambiguation) and Distillery (disambiguation). For other uses, see Distillation (disambiguation). Laboratory display of distillation: 1: A heating device 2: Still pot 3:… …   Wikipedia

• Creosote — For other uses, see Creosote (disambiguation). Creosote is the portion of chemical products obtained by the distillation of a tar that remains heavier than water, notably useful for its anti septic and preservative properties.[1] It is produced… …   Wikipedia