distillation
noun
the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed in a cool receiver.
redistillation
-
a word derived from
distillation.
Example Sentences
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Knowing that this oil of amber is driven out totally by redistillation I was compelled to prepare the crude acid myself.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
It loses its color on redistillation and becomes slightly less fragrant.
From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains
This oil is produced by the redistillation of the heavy, high boiling point fractions resulting from the steam distillation of wood turpentine.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
For solutions of silver, however, the most effectual remedy against precipitation is the use of very pure water, procured by slow redistillation in glass vessels at a temperature much below the boiling point.
From Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
By treating the distillate with chloride of calcium, and by its redistillation, the pure ether may be obtained.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
