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語源

From Latin flocculus, diminutive of floccus (“lock, tuft”).

動詞

flocculate (三人称単数 現在形 flocculates, 現在分詞 flocculating, 過去形および過去分詞形 flocculated)

1. (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.

   • Frank Humphreys Storer Agriculture in Some of Its Relations with Chemistry 1897

     For example when the Mississippi water flows into the saline water of the Gulf of Mexico, much of the matter that was held suspended in the river-water is flocculated at once, so that it can subside. Such action as this is one prime cause of the formation of deltas, for the flocculation of fine mud by salt is common to all rivers that reach the sea.

形容詞

flocculate (not comparable)

1. Having flock form or forms.

   Synonym: floccular

名詞

flocculate (複数形 flocculates)

1. A mass that has suffered flocculation.