Usually means: Disperse particles to prevent clumping.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. deflocculate: Merriam-Webster
  2. deflocculate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deflocculate: Collins English Dictionary
  4. deflocculate: Wiktionary
  5. deflocculate: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. deflocculate: Dictionary.com
  7. deflocculate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  8. deflocculate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. deflocculate: Encyclopedia

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  1. deflocculate: Canadian Soil Information System
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (deflocculate)

▸ verb:  To disperse an agglomerate into fine particles and form a colloid

Similar:
deagglomerate, disagglomerate, disgregate, unclump, levigate, monodisperse, dedisperse, departiculate, defuse, flour, more...

Opposite:
flocculate, coagulate, clump, agglomerate

Types:
disperse, dissolve, emulsify, suspend, colloid, more...

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Similar:
deagglomerate, disagglomerate, disgregate, unclump, levigate, monodisperse, dedisperse, departiculate, defuse, flour, more...

Opposite:
flocculate, coagulate, clump, agglomerate

Types:
disperse, dissolve, emulsify, suspend, colloid, more...



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