'Flocculation' definitions:
Definition of 'flocculation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
Definition of 'Flocculation'
From: GCIDE
- Flocculation \Floc`cu*la"tion\, n. (Geol.)
- 1. The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The process or event in which masses of a solid substance of perceptible size form in a liquid by aggregation of smaller particles, and usually sediment to the bottom of the containing vessel; as, addition of a cationic polymer can cause flocculation of a negatively charged colloidal suspension. [PJC]