English-Thai Dictionary

floccule

N สิ่ง ที่ มี ลักษณะ เป็น ก้อน ปุย  ส่ิง ที่ คล้าย ขน แกะ 

 

flocculent

A ที่ มี ลักษณะ เป็น ปุย ขน นิ่ม  ที่ คล้าย ขน แกะ  floccose

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLOCCULENCE

n.[L. flocculus, floccus. See Flock. ] The state of being in locks or flocks; adhesion in small flakes.

 

FLOCCULENT

a.Coalescing and adhering in locks or flakes. I say the liquor is broken to flocculence, when the particles of herbaceous matter, seized by those of the lime, and coalescing, appear large and flocculent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLOCCULE

FLOCCULE Floc "cule, n. [See Flocculus. ]

 

1. A detached mass of loosely fibrous structure like a shredded tuft of wool.

 

2. (Chem. ) Specif. : A small particle of an insoluble substance formed in a liquid by the union of smaller particles.

 

FLOCCULENCE

FLOCCULENCE Floc "cu *lence, n.

 

Defn: The state of being flocculent.

 

FLOCCULENT

Floc "cu *lent, a. Etym: [See Flock of wool. ]

 

1. Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly. Gray.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

floccule

floc cule |ˈfläkˌyo͞ol ˈflɑkjul | ▶noun a small clump of material that resembles a tuft of wool. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin flocculus, diminutive of floccus ‘flock. ’

 

flocculent

floc cu lent |ˈfläkyələnt ˈflɑkjələnt | ▶adjective having or resembling tufts of wool: the first snows of winter lay thick and flocculent. • having a loosely clumped texture: a brown flocculent precipitate. DERIVATIVES floc cu lence noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin floccus ‘tuft of wool ’ + -ulent .

 

Oxford Dictionary

floccule

floccule |ˈflɒkjuːl | ▶noun a small clump of material that resembles a tuft of wool. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin flocculus, diminutive of floccus ‘flock ’.

 

flocculent

flocculent |ˈflɒkjʊl (ə )nt | ▶adjective having or resembling tufts of wool: the first snows of winter lay thick and flocculent. • having a loosely clumped texture: a brown flocculent precipitate. DERIVATIVES flocculence noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin floccus ‘tuft of wool ’ + -ulent .