flocculate

Etymology
From, diminutive of.

Verb

 * 1)  To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.
 * 2) * I. P. Roberts
 * When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.
 * 1) * Frank Humphreys Storer Agriculture in Some of Its Relations with Chemistry 1897
 * For example when the Mississippi water flows into the saline water of the Gulf of Mexico, much of the matter that was held suspended in the river-water is flocculated at once, so that it can subside. Such action as this is one prime cause of the formation of deltas, for the flocculation of fine mud by salt is common to all rivers that reach the sea.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَلَبَّدَ
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: höytälöityä
 * German: ausflocken
 * Russian: флокули́ровать, выпада́ть хло́пьями
 * Swedish: flockulera

Adjective

 * 1) Having flock form or forms.

Translations

 * Danish:
 * Finnish: höytälöitynyt
 * German:
 * Swedish: flockulerad

Noun

 * 1) A mass that has suffered flocculation.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: флокулат
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: höytälöitymä, flokkulaatti
 * German: Flokkulat
 * Russian: флокула́т
 * Swedish: flockulat