I. P. Roberts When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.
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Flocculate
Synonyms for "flocculate" (1 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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17 translations across 8 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَلَبَّدَ verb (To collect forms like flocks)
Bulgarian
1 entries- флокулат noun (A mass that has suffered coagulation)
Finnish
4 entries- höytälöitynyt adj (Having flock form or forms)
- flokkulaatti noun (A mass that has suffered coagulation)
- höytälöitymä noun (A mass that has suffered coagulation)
- höytälöityä verb (To collect forms like flocks)
French
1 entries- floculer verb (To collect forms like flocks)
German
3 entries- geflockt adj (Having flock form or forms)
- Flokkulat noun (A mass that has suffered coagulation)
- ausflocken verb (To collect forms like flocks)
Italian
1 entries- flocculare verb (To collect forms like flocks)
Russian
3 entries- флокула́т noun (A mass that has suffered coagulation)
- выпада́ть хло́пьями verb (To collect forms like flocks)
- флокули́ровать verb (To collect forms like flocks)
Swedish
3 entries- flockulerad adj (Having flock form or forms)
- flockulat noun (A mass that has suffered coagulation)
- flockulera verb (To collect forms like flocks)
Sample sentences
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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.
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