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留出 (りゅうしゅつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

留りゅう出しゅつ

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

distillation

Technical term for the process of distilling a liquid. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to distill'.

この装そう置ちは水みずの留りゅう出しゅつに使つかわれる。
This apparatus is used for the distillation of water.
アルコールが留りゅう出しゅつする温おん度どを記き録ろくした。
We recorded the temperature at which the alcohol distills.

Written forms

留りゅう出しゅつUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for distillation.
溜りゅう出しゅつ
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 留出.

Kanji

留detain, fasten, halt
出exit, leave, go out
溜collect, gather, be in arrears

Similar words

蒸じょう留りゅう
蒸留 is the more common general term for distillation. 留出 is more technical and often refers to the distillate or the act of distilling off a specific component.

Etymology

Compound of 留 (to keep, to detain) and 出 (to come out), referring to the process of drawing out a substance by distillation. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.