1. small clumps or tufts of matter, especially woolly or fluffy particles
Usage: technical; plural form of floccule
2. small masses of precipitated matter formed by flocculation in chemistry
Usage: chemistry; technical

Examples

• The water treatment plant removed floccules from the contaminated water.
• Under the microscope, we could see tiny floccules floating in the solution.
• The chemical process created floccules that settled to the bottom of the tank.
• Floccules of protein formed when the solution was heated.
• The researcher studied the formation of floccules in the laboratory.
• Small floccules appeared as the two chemicals were mixed together.