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 floc·cu·late /ˈflɑkjəˌlet/
 絮凝作用

 floc·cu·late /ˈflɑkjəˌlet/ 動詞
 絮凝,絮結,絮凝物

 Floc·cu·late v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocculating.] Geol. To aggregate into small lumps.

 Floc·cu·late a. Zool. Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

 Floc·cu·late v. t. To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition.
    When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.    --I. P. Roberts.
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 flocculate
      v 1: cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate; "The chemist
           flocculated the suspended material"
      2: form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy  mass; "the
         protoplasms flocculated"