distillate

distillate
/dis"tl it, -ayt', di stil"it/, n.
1. the product obtained from the condensation of vapors in distillation.
2. any concentration, essence, or abstraction.
[1860-65; < L distillatus (ptp. of distillare to trickle down), equiv. to distill- DISTILL + -atus -ATE1]

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