coacervation

[ koh-as-er-vey-shuhn ]

noun

, Physical Chemistry.

1. the process of becoming a coacervate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coacervation¹

1350–1400; Middle English coacervacioun < Latin coacervātiōn- (stem of coacervātiō ), equivalent to coacervāt ( us ) ( coacervate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Different bodies have different effluvia, and so one has coacervation of different materials.

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By means of the properties of such a fluid, Gilbert could explain the unordered coming-together that he called coacervation.

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Five hundred bodies, in a state of coacervation, without even a preference for cleanliness, "think of that Master Brook."

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Five hundred bodies, in a ſtate of coacervation, without even a preference for cleanlineſs, "think of that Maſter Brook."

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