Floccing
[flok] /flɒk/
noun
1.
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
verb (used with or without object), flocced, floccing.
2.
to amass or collect into flocs.
/flɒk/
noun
1.
another word for floccule
n.
1921, diminutive of flocculus (see flocculate).
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[flok-yuh-leyt] /ˈflɒk yəˌleɪt/ verb (used with object), flocculated, flocculating. 1. to form into masses. verb (used without object), flocculated, flocculating. 2. to form masses, as a cloud or a chemical precipitate; form aggregated or compound masses of particles. /ˈflɒkjʊˌleɪt/ verb 1. to form or be formed into an aggregated flocculent mass n. 1885, from flocculate […]
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[flok-yuh-luh nt] /ˈflɒk yə lənt/ adjective 1. like a clump or tuft of wool. 2. covered with a soft, woolly substance. 3. consisting of or containing loose woolly masses. 4. . 5. Chemistry. consisting of flocs and . /ˈflɒkjʊlənt/ adjective 1. like wool; fleecy 2. (chem) aggregated in woolly cloudlike masses: a flocculent precipitate 3. […]