flocculation (n.)

"the union of small particles into granular aggregates," 1875, from flocculate + -ion.

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"gather in flocculent masses," 1845 (flocculated), from flocculus (1799), from Modern Latin, a diminutive of Latin floccus "tuft of wool," a word of unknown origin, + -ate (2). Related: Flocculating.

-ion

word-forming element attached to verbs, making nouns of state, condition, or action, from French -ion or directly from Latin -ionem (nominative -io, genitive -ionis), common suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs.

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Definitions of flocculation from WordNet

flocculation (n.)

the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations;

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