Noun
The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHistory, a distillation of rumour. Thomas Carlyle
Civilization begins with distillation. William Faulkner
In its purest distillation beauty had always been merciless. Alastair Reynolds
You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything. Ralph Fiennes
The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding. Edward Steichen
Emotional chaos is not pleasant; distillation of that chaos afterward may perhaps be pleasant in some of its aspects, and undoubtedly gives pleasure to others. Robertson Davies