distillation

dstlen/

noun
1.

1.
the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
"the petroleum distillation process"
synonyms: distilling, purification, refining, filtering, filtration, treatment, processing; More
2.
2.
the extraction of the essential meaning or most important aspects of something.
"this book represents the distillation of years of experience in the private sector"