flocculate

自動詞他動詞

(transitive, intransitive) To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.

日本語の意味

（繊維や物質が）ゆるやかに集まって、房状や束状の凝集体になること

Under the microscope, the bacterial cells began to flocculate, forming loose tufts that drifted in the medium.

顕微鏡で観察すると、細菌は凝集し始め、ゆるい房を形成して培地中に漂った。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool.

When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.

flocculates

（ present singular third-person ）

flocculating

（ participle present ）

flocculated

（ participle past ）

flocculated

（ past ）