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deflocculate

American

[dee-flok-yuh-leyt] / diˈflɒk jəˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

Physical Chemistry.

deflocculated, deflocculating

to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.

deflocculate British

/ dɪˈflɒkjʊˌleɪt /

verb

to disperse, forming a colloid or suspension
to prevent flocculation of (a colloid or suspension)

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Origin of deflocculate

First recorded in 1905–10; de- + flocculate

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deflocculated

As soon as this "tip" was communicated to Germany, submarines discontinued the use of oil for lubrication, employing instead deflocculated graphite.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

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