coacervation
[ koh-as-er-vey-shuh n ]
/ koʊˌæs ərˈveɪ ʃən /
noun Physical Chemistry.
the process of becoming a coacervate.
Origin of coacervation
1350–1400; Middle English
coacervacioun < Latin
coacervātiōn- (stem of
coacervātiō), equivalent to
coacervāt(us) (see
coacervate) +
-iōn-
-ion
Words nearby coacervation
co-venture,
co-worker,
co.,
coa,
coacervate,
coacervation,
coach,
coach bolt,
coach box,
coach class,
coach dog
Example sentences from the Web for coacervation
Five hundred bodies, in a ſtate of coacervation, without even a preference for cleanlineſs, "think of that Maſter Brook."
Five hundred bodies, in a state of coacervation, without even a preference for cleanliness, "think of that Master Brook."
Different bodies have different effluvia, and so one has coacervation of different materials.