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flocculate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'flocculate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flocculate [ a.]
- Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.
2 . Flocculate [ v. i.]
- To aggregate into small lumps.

Meaning of 'flocculate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flocculate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
Example in sentence:
  • The chemist flocculated the suspended material
Meaning (2):
- form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
Example in sentence:
  • the protoplasms flocculated