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Webster 1913 Edition
Flocculate
Floc′cu-late
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flocculated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocculating
.] (Geol.)
To aggregate into small lumps.
Floc′cu-late
,Adj.
(Zool.)
Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.
Definition 2024
flocculate
flocculate
English
Verb
flocculate (third-person singular simple present flocculates, present participle flocculating, simple past and past participle flocculated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.
- I. P. Roberts
- When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.
- I. P. Roberts
Italian
Verb
flocculate
- second-person plural present indicative of flocculare
- second-person plural imperative of flocculare
- feminine plural of flocculato