凝ぎょう集しゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

agglomeration; clumping together

General term for particles, substances, or abstract things gathering into a mass. Used as both noun and intransitive suru-verb.

• 粉こなが湿しっ気けで凝ぎょう集しゅうして固かたまった。

  The powder agglomerated and hardened due to moisture.

• 細さい胞ぼうが凝ぎょう集しゅうして組そ織しきを形けい成せいする。

  Cells aggregate to form tissue.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

cohesion (physics)

Physics term for the force that holds ions or molecules together. Often used in academic or technical writing.

• イオンが凝ぎょう集しゅうして結けっ晶しょうを作つくる。

  Ions cohere to form a crystal.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

flocculation (chemistry)

Chemistry term for colloidal particles clumping together. Typically used in laboratory or industrial contexts.

• 凝ぎょう集しゅう剤ざいを加くわえると微び粒りゅう子しが凝ぎょう集しゅうし沈ちん殿でんする。

  When a flocculant is added, fine particles flocculate and settle.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

agglutination (biology)

Biology term for cells or particles clumping together, often in immunological reactions. Used in medical and life science fields.

• 赤せっ血けっ球きゅうが凝ぎょう集しゅうする反はん応のうを調しらべた。

  We examined the reaction in which red blood cells agglutinate.