'Flocculate' definitions:
Definition of 'flocculate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass; "the protoplasms flocculated"
verb
Cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate; "The chemist flocculated the suspended material"
Definition of 'Flocculate'
From: GCIDE
- Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, a. (Zool.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flocculate'
From: GCIDE
- Flocculate \Floc"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocculating.] (Geol.) To aggregate into small lumps. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flocculate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]