Definitions for: Flocculate


[v] form into an aggregated flocculent mass, as of protoplasms



Webster (1913) Definition: 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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