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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
flocculate .
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Examples
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An acidic addition flocculates the colloidal particles so they settle in water more readily whilst an alkaline addition deflocculates these particles and keeps them in suspension.
Chapter 5 1984
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But we must conclude as most probable that some action is at work in the sea water and in the salt solutions which clumps or flocculates the sediment.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895
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