What's the difference between flocculate and fume?

Flocculate


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To aggregate into small lumps.
  • (a.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Precipitates of calcium antimonate were formed almost exclusively in swollen clear pinealocytes, in and along their cell membranes, over their nuclei, in mitochondria, the Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic and integrade reticulums, acervuli, in vesicles surrounding synaptic bars, cytoplasmic matrix, and flocculent extracellular material.
  • (2) Light and transmission electron microscopic studies demonstrated large cisterns and small inclusion bodies containing a flocculent material within the rough endoplasmic reticulum of the chondrocytes.
  • (3) The SLS-1182DB exhibited a floccule absent in the other samples.
  • (4) A solution of crystalline choleragenoid was equivalent to the parent preparation in the flocculation test.
  • (5) By condensation they progressed from a flocculent type of granule to the definitive spherical homogeneous primary granule.
  • (6) The influence of pH, algal concentration, and algal growth phase on the requisite cationic flocculant dose is also reported.
  • (7) An antigen suspension consisting of cholesterol-lecithin particles sensitized with an extract of gonococci was used in a flocculation assay for the detection of human antibodies to Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
  • (8) This heat-stable component had a strong emulsifying activity, and appears to be involved in both cell surface hydrophobicity and in flocculation ability of the yeast cells.
  • (9) The haemagglutination, bentonite-flocculation and latex-agglutination tests are the procedures of choice at present.
  • (10) The 0.25-hr samples showed mitochondrial swelling, loss of cristae, and flocculent material within the inner compartment.
  • (11) With a similar concentration of lipid the respective quantities of cholesterol and triglyceride do not intervene in the flocculation.
  • (12) Each bubble was covered by an osmiophilic non-homogeneous coat of cloudy and flocculent material, native to its specific locality.
  • (13) Cellulose content was significantly higher in flocculating than in nonflocculating cultures.
  • (14) The antigenic activity of diphtheria toxoid, evaluated by the degree of its maximum binding with diphtheria antitoxin, correlated with its antitoxin-binding activity in animal experiments and did not correlate with its flocculating activity.
  • (15) The high protein content of milk and the protein nature of enterovirus allowed the detection of these viruses using the organic acid flocculation method.
  • (16) At the subcellular level, the intracytoplasmic globules in hepatocytes were surrounded by a single membrane, contained flocculent material and had enzymatic properties characteristic of lysosomes.
  • (17) When the anionic surfactant, dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, was used as a wetting agent, the suspensions were flocculated over a limited polymer concentration range.
  • (18) In rats electron microscopy showed mitochondria which contained flocculent densities.
  • (19) Primitive cell SGs average 200-330 nm; some have dense cores with lucent halos while others are filled with a homogeneous dense or flocculent material.
  • (20) However, flocculent densities continue to increase in size (to 337 nm diam.)

Fume


Definition:

  • (n.) Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.
  • (n.) Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion.
  • (n.) Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
  • (n.) The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
  • (n.) To smoke; to throw off fumes, as in combustion or chemical action; to rise up, as vapor.
  • (n.) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
  • (n.) To pass off in fumes or vapors.
  • (n.) To be in a rage; to be hot with anger.
  • (v. t.) To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room.
  • (v. t.) To praise inordinately; to flatter.
  • (v. t.) To throw off in vapor, or as in the form of vapor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Peak Expiratory Flow and Forced Expiratory Mean Flows in the ranges 0-25%, 25-50% and 50-75% of Forced Vital Capacity were significantly reduced in animals exposed to gasoline exhaust fumes, whereas the group exposed to ethanol exhaust fumes did not differ from the control group.
  • (2) Poor workplace health and safety, inadequate toilet facilities and dangerous fumes from mosquito fogging that led to one asylum seeker with asthma collapsing were all raised as concerns by Kilburn, although he stressed that he believed G4S management and expatriate G4S staff acted appropriately.
  • (3) Cadmium fumes and compounds have been found to be instrumental in the development of some cases of chronic bronchitis and emphysema in Sweden.
  • (4) It is referred to an additional potential endangering by gun fumes and the measures for the protection of labour which are to be derived from this.
  • (5) The prevalence of occupational dust exposure was 32%, and gas or fume exposure, 19%.
  • (6) Hydrogen sulfide poisoning from inhalation of roofing asphalt fumes is a rare but devastating injury.
  • (7) Where efficient fume extraction was in use, levels of air contaminants were lower than with natural ventilation.
  • (8) Using field observations, modelling techniques and theoretical analysis, parameters describing the performance and collection efficiency of large industrial canopy fume hoods are established for, a) steady state collection of fume and b) collection of plumes with fluctuating flowrates.
  • (9) In January, Boehner announced that Netanyahu had accepted an invitation to address a joint session of Congress – a move that left the White House fuming, since Obama was not consulted about the visit.
  • (10) Some abnormalities (increased VC, decreased RV) are typical of diving activities, but the deterioration of effort-dependent expiratory flow values and alveolar-capillary diffusion must be ascribed to specific nuisances (fumes, polluants, toxic substances) associated with fireman's activities.
  • (11) Subjects with gas or fume exposure had relative odds of symptoms between 1.27 and 1.43 when compared with unexposed subjects.
  • (12) Black Cats manager Gus Poyet fumed: “If you ask every single manager we want to talk about football, but we always find ourselves talking about a decision.
  • (13) The highest fume concentration on the horizontal was shown in the fumes collected directly above the arc.
  • (14) The tea-shop owner’s home is just a couple of hundred metres from a huge, ageing coal-fired power plant in central Turkey , whose red-and-white chimneys spew dirty fumes.
  • (15) A total of 69 male subjects occupationally exposed to cadmium fumes in a factory producing silver-cadmium-copper alloys for brazing, were subjected to lung function tests, including ventilation (FVC and FEV1), residual volume (RV) and alveolar-capillary diffusion capacity (TLCO and KCO).
  • (16) But after more than half a million people signed an Avaaz petition calling for Ca ñete’s rejection , environmentalists were left fuming at a perceived democratic deficit in the EU.
  • (17) Two individuals developed an asthma-like illness after a single exposure to high levels of an irritating aerosol, vapor, fume, or smoke.
  • (18) Exposures to various gas fumes and vapors accounted for the largest percentage of all hospitalizations (38%), and the second largest percentage of deaths (20.6%).
  • (19) Data collected on various types of filters (dust and mist; dust, fume, and mist; paint, lacquer, and enamel mist; and high efficiency) challenged with a worst case-type sodium chloride (NaCl) and dioctyl phthalate (DOP) aerosol are presented.
  • (20) All four gave immediate bronchial reactions to inhalation of the fumes, varying from one breath to 3 min of exposure.

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