flocculate

• 指液体悬浮液中颗粒聚集形成絮状或绒毛状团块的过程，常用于化学、水处理等领域。

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.

   形成絮状物

   • 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.

   同义词agglomerateagglutinateaggregateclumpclustercoagulateconglomeratelump

   反义词disperse

2. Cause clumpingC2formalscientific

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

   使絮凝

   • 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.

   同义词agglomerateaggregateclumpclustercoagulate

   反义词dispersedissolvesuspend