'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]