n. [ L. floccus a flock of wool. Cf. Flock of wool. ] (Med.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Geol.) 1. The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The process or event in which masses of a solid substance of perceptible size form in a liquid by aggregation of smaller particles, and usually sediment to the bottom of the containing vessel; as, addition of a cationic polymer can cause flocculation of a negatively charged colloidal suspension. [ PJC ]
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