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Meaning of "floccule" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLOCCULE

From Late Latin flocculus a little tuft.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOCCULE

floccule  [ˈflɒkjuːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOCCULE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Floccule is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLOCCULE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of floccule in the English dictionary

The definition of floccule in the dictionary is a small aggregate of flocculent material. Other definition of floccule is something resembling a tuft of wool.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOCCULE


bascule
ˈbæskjuːl
biomolecule
ˈbaɪəʊˌmɒlɪkjuːl
crepuscule
ˈkrɛpəsˌkjuːl
fascicule
ˈfæsɪˌkjuːl
graticule
ˈɡrætɪˌkjuːl
groupuscule
ˈɡruːpəˌskjuːl
locule
ˈlɒkjuːl
macromolecule
ˌmækrəʊˈmɒlɪˌkjuːl
macule
ˈmækjuːl
majuscule
ˈmædʒəˌskjuːl
miniscule
ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl
minuscule
ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl
molecule
ˈmɒlɪˌkjuːl
monticule
ˈmɒntɪˌkjuːl
opuscule
ɒˈpʌskjuːl
reticule
ˈrɛtɪˌkjuːl
ridicule
ˈrɪdɪˌkjuːl
saccule
ˈsækjuːl
spicule
ˈspɪkjuːl
vocule
ˈvɒkjuːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOCCULE

floc
flocci
floccillation
floccose
flocculant
floccular
flocculate
flocculation
flocculator
flocculence
flocculency
flocculent
flocculently
flocculi
flocculus
floccus
flock
flock paper
flock wallpaper
flockless

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOCCULE

aedicule
animalcule
calycule
corpuscule
floscule
gram molecule
homuncule
lenticule
lodicule
opercule
oscule
poeticule
scrobicule
self-ridicule
silicule
submolecule
supramolecule
ventricule
vermicule
wheel animalcule

Synonyms and antonyms of floccule in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «floccule» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOCCULE

Find out the translation of floccule to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of floccule from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «floccule» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

絮状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flóculo
570 millions of speakers

English

floccule
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

floccule
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ندفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

floccule
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

floccule
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লঘুমস্তিস্কের নিম্নদেশে অবস্থিত ক্ষুদ্র খণ্ডবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flocon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Floccule
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flocken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

綿毛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

floccule
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Floccule
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

floccule
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

floccule
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लकाकुले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

floccule
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fiocchetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

floccule
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

floccule
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

floccule
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κροκίδων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

floccule
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

floccule
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

floccule
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of floccule

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOCCULE»

The term «floccule» is used very little and occupies the 188.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOCCULE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about floccule

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOCCULE»

Discover the use of floccule in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to floccule and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Practical Dispersion: A Guide to Understanding and ...
Floccule structure, both mechanical and chemical, following dispersion often has a significant bearing upon processing and, in certain cases, applications themselves. Flocculation may be a necessary component of slurry processing.
R. F. Conley, 1996
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The Formation of the Solar System
Objections to the Floccule Theory The first objections to the floccule theory were raised by myself in a private communication to McCrea. The theory developed by McCrea gave the density and temperature of the floccules and it turned out that ...
Woolfson, 2007
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Chemical Equilibria and Kinetics in Soils
This encounter-and-combine picture lends itself readily to a formal representation of flocculation processes in terms of chemical reactions. If m denotes a floccule comprising m "primary particles" and {m + n} denotes a floccule created by the ...
Garrison Sposito, 1994
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The Chemistry of Soils
Plot of the average floccule diameter versus time for hematite colloids suspended in either NaClsolution at the ccc or polyacrylate (PAA) solution at the p.z.c. Floccule growth with time during rapid coagulation is essentially the same in both  ...
Berkeley Garrison Sposito Professor of Ecosystem Sciences and Environmental Engineering University of California, 2008
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Microstructure of Fine-Grained Sediments: From Mud to Shale
... 176 structure, 175 see also Floccule Flocculated particles, 281 Flocculated soil structures dry clay /organic mixtures, 471 Flocculated state, 269 Flocculated structures, 247 Flocculated suspension, coulter counter analysis, 129 Flocculation, ...
Richard H. Bennett, William R. Bryant, Matthew H. Hulbert, 1991
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Issues in Geology and Mineralogy: 2013 Edition
floccule. synaeresis. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mining & Minerals Business — Investigators publish new report on Mining. According to news reporting originating from Moscow, Russia, by VerticalNews correspondents, research ...
‎2013
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Fire Retardancy of Polymers: New Applications of Mineral Fillers
The networked floccule residues of the PP/MWNT samples covered the entire sample surface and extended to the bottom of the residue (Figure 17). The floccule residue was porous, but had physical integrity and did not break when lightly ...
Michel Le Bras, Charles A. Wilkie, Serge Bourbigot, 2005
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Microbiological Quality Assurance: A Guide Towards Relevance ...
In such instances the availability of nutrient is greater to the unattached, planktonic cells, and to those cells on the outside of a biofilm or floccule, than it is to those cells located deeply within the cell mass. A distinction must be drawn between ...
Michael R.W. Brown, P. Gilbert, 1995
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Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, Second Edition
12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 50 60 70 Floccule (W/W0=0.05) Floccule (W/W0=0.62) Floccule (W/W0=0.79) Floccule (W/W0=0.90) PA6/Clay orginal* Clay PA6* 0 0 10203040 2θ (Degree) FIGURE 10.16 XRD of PA6, clay, PA6/clay  ...
Charles A. Wilkie, Alexander B. Morgan, 2009
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FINE SEDIMENT DYNAMICS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
13- - 16- - 14- - 12 - - - -5 0 5 to 15 x-axis where a, b, c are the three principal axes of the floccule (c 2 b 2 a). These axes correspond to an ellipsoid that has the same radii of gyration with the floccule area projections along the x-z and y-z ...
J.C. Winterwerp, C. Kranenburg, 2002

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