distilled

When used as a verb, "distilled" is the past tense or past participle of "distill." It describes an action that has already happened. In its literal sense (purifying liquids), it is most common in scientific or industrial contexts. In its figurative sense (simplifying information), it is frequently used in business and academic writing to describe making a complex idea easier to understand. As an adjective, "distilled" describes the state of the object (e.g., "distilled water"). In this case, it always comes before the noun it describes.