Flocculation: alternatives and connections

The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many…

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with b…

A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.

(physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the…

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It…

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the…

To concrete into lumps; to clot.

of Clot

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the…

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; g…

The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.

Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles.

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.