flocculate

• Verbe utilisé pour décrire le processus de formation ou d'agrégation en masses floconneuses ou duveteuses, généralement dans une suspension liquide.

A verb used to describe the process of forming or aggregating into flocculent or woolly masses, typically in a liquid suspension.

1. Form into clumpsC2formalscientific

   To aggregate or form into small, fluffy, or lumpy masses, typically in a liquid suspension.

   Former des flocons

   • The particles began to flocculate after the chemical was added.
   • In wastewater treatment, solids flocculate to form larger clumps for easier removal.
   • The clay in the water will flocculate when salt is introduced.

   Synonymesagglomerateagglutinateaggregateclumpclustercoagulateconglomeratelump

   Antonymesdisperse

2. Cause clumpingC2formalscientific

   To cause a substance to form into a fluffy or lumpy aggregate.

   floculer (rendre floconneux)

   • The chemist used a polymer to flocculate the suspended solids.
   • Adding alum can flocculate impurities in drinking water.
   • The process is designed to flocculate the fine particles into larger, settleable masses.

   Synonymesagglomerateaggregateclumpclustercoagulate

   Antonymesdispersedissolvesuspend