Definition of: flocculate

(flok′yə·lāt) v.t. & v.i. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing
1. To gather or be joined together in small lumps, as some soils.
2. To collect in flaky masses, as the particles of a finely divided precipitate.
3. To form large masses, as clouds.
—adjective (-lit) Having a tuft of stiff hairs or a flocculus.
—floc′cu·la′tion noun