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flocculate |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flocculate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flocculated}; p. pr & vb n. {Flocculating}.] (Geol.) To aggregate into small lumps. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flocculate v : form into an aggregated flocculent mass, as of protoplasms
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