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Distillate
The liquid collected after vapour has cooled and condensed during distillation.
Distillate
The liquid collected after vapour has condensed during distillation.
Distillate
The liquid collected when vapour condenses during distillation.
Distillation
Separating water from dissolved salts by evaporating it and then condensing the water vapour.
Distillation
A separation process in which a liquid is evaporated and its vapour is then cooled and condensed.
Distillation
A separation process in which a liquid is vaporised and its vapour is cooled and condensed so that the liquid can be collected.
Distinctive landscape
A place whose combination of physical features and human influences gives it a recognisable character.
Distinct similarity
A shared feature that is meaningfully different from the other similarities selected.
Distortion
A change in an object's shape caused by a force, such as stretching, compression or bending.
Distortion
A change in an object's shape caused by forces, such as stretching, bending or compression.
Distraction
Something that diverts a driver's attention from driving and can delay their response to a hazard.
Distraction
Something that draws attention away from the task being carried out.
Distributed practice
Practice of a skill with planned rest intervals between attempts or groups of attempts.
Distribution
The geographical pattern of where something is located, including concentrations and gaps.
Distribution
The way a feature is spread across an area, including its concentrations, gaps and exceptions.
Distribution
Where organisms of a species are found across a habitat.
Distribution
The way a substance divides itself between the mobile and stationary phases according to its relative attraction to each one.
Distribution
The pattern of where a species occurs within an area.
Distribution
A distribution shows how the values of a variable are spread across a data set and how often different values occur.
Distribution
The pattern of values in a dataset, including where they cluster and how widely they are spread.
Distribution
The pattern of how values in a dataset are spread: which values are common and which are rare.
Distribution
The process of making a media product available to audiences through channels such as online video platforms.
Distribution
The process of supplying and arranging the release of films to cinemas or other outlets.
Distribution between phases
How a substance is shared between the stationary and mobile phases as chromatography takes place.
Distribution between phases
The way a component of a mixture is shared between the stationary and mobile phases during chromatography.
Distribution channel
The route through which a product reaches its final customer, either directly from the producer or through other businesses.
Distribution of power and wealth
How power and wealth are shared, or concentrated, among different groups in society.
Distribution of wealth
How money, possessions and other economic resources are shared between people or groups.
Distributive justice
Fairness in how society shares resources, opportunities and burdens.
Distributive law
The rule that multiplying a sum or difference means multiplying every term within it: .
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