Flocculate /(?)/
Floc·cu·late
Flocculate
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocculating
- To aggregate into small lumps. (Geol.)
Flocculate
a.
- Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects. (Zool.)
Flocculate
v. t.
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To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition.
When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.