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Monday, July 27, 2009

Word of the day 6

co⋅ag⋅u⋅late [v. koh-ag-yuh-leyt; adj. koh-ag-yuh-lit, -leyt]


1. to change from a fluid into a thickened mass; curdle; congeal: Let the pudding stand two hours until it coagulates.
2. Biology. (of blood) to form a clot.
3. Physical Chemistry. (of colloidal particles) to flocculate or cause to flocculate by adding an electrolyte to an electrostatic colloid.

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