distillation

Summary

distillation ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (938 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• distillation is credited with the discovery of Zosimos of Panopolis^[2].
• distillation took place at distillery^[3].
• distillation is a type of chemical process^[4].
• distillation is a type of separation process^[5].
• distillation's Commons category is recorded as Distillation^[6].
• distillation comprises vaporization^[7].
• distillation comprises condensation^[8].
• distillation began on 300^[9].
• distillation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Distillation^[10].
• distillation's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• distillation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[12].
• distillation's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[13].
• distillation's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[14].
• distillation's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• distillation's topic has template is recorded as Template:Distillation^[16].
• distillation's different from is recorded as reduction^[17].
• distillation's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics^[18].
• distillation's practiced by is recorded as distiller^[19].
• distillation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include chemical process^[4] and separation process^[5].

Use and Application

Components include vaporization^[7] and condensation^[8], a phase change^[21].

Influence

Things named for distillation include knowledge distillation^[22], a machine learning method^[23] and feature distillation^[24].

Why It Matters

distillation ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (938 views/month).^[1] distillation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] distillation is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]

Entities named for distillation include knowledge distillation^[22], a machine learning method^[23] and feature distillation^[24].