FLOCCULATION

flocculation

(noun) the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flocculation (countable and uncountable, plural flocculations)

A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.

Antonyms

• deflocculation

Source: Wiktionary


Floc`cu*la"tion, n. (Geol.)

Definition: The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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