Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. · A flocculant, as used in swimming pools to make particles clump together so they are trapped by the filter.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo use a flocculant in (a swimming pool).
From Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), or from French floc (“floc”), from the same Latin source.
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