to distil a liquid

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• distil — (US distill) ► VERB (distilled, distilling) 1) purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid. 2) make (spirits) in this way. 3) extract the essential meaning of.… …   English terms dictionary

• distil — [[t]dɪstɪ̱l[/t]] distils, distilling, distilled (in AM, use distill) 1) VERB If a liquid such as whisky or water is distilled, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapour and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done… …   English dictionary

• distil — UK [dɪˈstɪl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms distil : present tense I/you/we/they distil he/she/it distils present participle distilling past tense distilled past participle distilled 1) science to make a liquid more pure by heating it until it …   English dictionary

• distil — [dɪ stɪl] (US distill) verb (distils, distilling, distilled) 1》 purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid.     ↘make (spirits) in this way.     ↘extract a… …   English new terms dictionary

• distil — [dɪˈstɪl] verb [T] to make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it becomes a gas and then making it a liquid again distillation [ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• distil — dis·til || dɪ stɪl v. purify a liquid by condensing it; extract an essence; make whiskey; drip …   English contemporary dictionary

• distil — also distill AmE verb distilled, distilling (T) 1 to make a liquid such as water or alcohol more pure by heating it so that it becomes a gas and then letting it cool 2 to make a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky by this method 3 to get ideas …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• distil — v. (US distill) (distilled, distilling) 1 tr. Chem. purify (a liquid) by vaporizing it with heat, then condensing it with cold and collecting the result. 2 tr. a Chem. extract the essence of (a plant etc.) usu. by heating it in a solvent. b… …   Useful english 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

• distillate — distil (US distill) ► VERB (distilled, distilling) 1) purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid. 2) make (spirits) in this way. 3) extract the essential… …   English terms dictionary

• distillation — distil (US distill) ► VERB (distilled, distilling) 1) purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid. 2) make (spirits) in this way. 3) extract the essential… …   English terms dictionary