About The Word Flocculate
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Flocculate
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What's The Definition Of Flocculate?
[v] form into an aggregated flocculent mass, as of protoplasms
Synonyms | Synonyms for Flocculate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Flocculate: See Also | change Flocculate In Webster's Dictionary \Floc"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flocculated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Flocculating}.] (Geol.)
To aggregate into small lumps.
\Floc"cu*late\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. \Floc"cu*late\, v. t. To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition. When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them. --I. P. Roberts. |
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