flocculate
flocculate · flocculates · flocculated · flocculating
флокулировать, выпадать хлопьями
ausflocken
To collect into loose, fluffy aggregations resembling tufts of woolTo collect (suspended particles, sediment, etc.) into loose, fluffy aggregations resembling tufts of wool.
Meaning
1 sensesTo collect (suspended particles, sediment, etc.) into loose, fluffy aggregations resembling tufts of wool.
When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.
ausflocken
флокули́роватьflokulírovatʹ, выпада́ть хло́пьямиvypadátʹ xlópʹjami
More definitions
- form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
To collect forms like flocks:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To collect forms like flocks:
Origin
Scientific internationalism; from Latin flocculus + -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), diminutivScientific internationalism; from Latin flocculus + -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), diminutive of floccus (“a lock, tuft”).
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Forms
flocculates, flocculating, flocculated, flocculated| Base form | flocculate · to flocculate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | flocculates |
| Present participle | flocculating |
| Past simple | flocculated |
| Past participle | flocculated |
regular · Lesson
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle