steam distillation

English

Noun

steam distillation (countable and uncountable, plural steam distillations)

  1. (chemistry) A technique in which the volatile components of a material are separated by passing steam through the heated material.
    Hypernym: distillation
    Coordinate term: see at distillation ยง Hyponyms
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