distillation

noun distillations

1. countable, uncountable The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
2. countable, uncountable That which falls in drops.
3. countable, uncountable Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.
4. countable, uncountable Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.
5. countable, uncountable The substance extracted by distilling. to be stopped in, like a strong distillation, with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease.
6. countable, uncountable 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. Distillation is often used to train new systems. If a company takes data from proprietary technology, the practice may be legally problematic. But it is often allowed by open source technologies.
7. countable, uncountable A model produced by such a process.