What does dephlegmation mean?
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de·phleg·ma·tion
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Dephlegmationnoun
An operation which takes away from the phlegm any spirituous fluid by repeated distillation, ’till it is at length left all behind. John Quincy
Etymology: from dephlegm.
In divers cases it is not enough to separate the aqueous parts by dephlegmation; for some liquors contain also an unsuspected quantity of small corpuscles, of somewhat an earthy nature, which, being associated with the saline ones, do clog and blunt them, and thereby weaken their activity. Boyle.
Webster Dictionary
Dephlegmationnoun
the operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it
Etymology: [Cf. F. dflegmation.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dephlegmation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dephlegmation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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