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Flint River and North Eastern Railroad The Flint River and North Eastern Railroad was built in 1904 and operated 23 miles (37 km) between Pelham, GA and Ticknor, GA. It was purchased by the Georgia Northern Railway in about 1910 and was operated as a subsidiary until 1946 when it was abandoned.
Flint spark lighter A flint spark lighter (sometimes just called a spark lighter or a flint lighter) is a type of lighter used in many applications to safely light a gaseous fuel to start a flame. It is most commonly used for bunsen burners and oxyacetylene welding torches.
Flint Sit-Down Strike The Flint Sit-Down Strike changed the United Automobile Workers from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major union and led to the unionization of the United States automobile industry.
Flint TV relay The Flint TV relay is a television transmitter housed on a residential tower block called Bolingbroke Heights at the centre of the Town of Flint in North Wales. Flint is situated on the estuary of the River Dee which forms part the Wales border with England.
Flint-Worcester Tornadoes The Flint-Worcester Tornadoes were two tornadoes, one occurring in Flint, Michigan on June 8, 1953, the other in Worcester, Massachusetts on June 9, 1953. These tornadoes are among the deadliest in United States history and were caused by the same storm system that moved east across the nation.
Flintheart Glomgold Flintheart Glomgold is a fictional character in Disney comic books, one of Scrooge McDuck's main rivals who holds the title of The Second Richest Duck in the World. His appearance is similar to that of Scrooge, and he is sometimes characterized as being of Scottish descent as well (speaking with a Scottish brogue in most animated features, though he is generally accepted as being from South Africa in the continuity of the comic books), but he is drawn with a full beard and sideburns as opposed to simple side-whiskers, and usually wears a black beret with a red pom pom and black coat instead of Scrooge's red one.
Flintholm station Flintholm is an important S-train and Metro interchange station in Copenhagen, Denmark. Opened on January 24 2004, it is located in the west of Copenhagen where the Frederikssund S-train radial crosses the S-train ring line.
Flintknapper A flintknapper is an individual who shapes flint or other stone through the process of knapping or lithic reduction, to manufacture stone tools, strikers for flintlock firearms, or to produce flat-faced stones for building or facing walls.
Flintlock Flintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. Introduced about 1630, the flintlock rapidly replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock and wheellock mechanisms.
Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth is a webcomic posted sporadically on GameSpy and has been published since December 9 2004. It is created using mainly the graphics of the MMORPG World of Warcraft (taking place within World of Warcraft's fictional world of Azeroth) with embellishments.
Flintridge Preparatory School Flintridge Preparatory School, familiarily known as Prep, is a nonprofit, independent college preparatory day school for grades 7-12. Founded in 1933, it is located within the city limits of La Canada Flintridge, California, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency) Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
Flintstone, Maryland Flintstone is a small unincorporated town in Allegany County, Maryland, USA. Flintstone lies between the southern foot of Tussey Mountain and a water gap in the Warrior Mountain formed by Flintstone Creek, north of the North Branch Potomac River and south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Flinx Philip Lynx (Flinx) is a fictional character, an adventurous young man with unusual qualities in a series of books set in the "Humanx Commonwealth", written by Alan Dean Foster and published by Del Rey Books.
Flip & Fill Flip & Fill are a Manchester, England based dance act, consisting of prolific Mancunian producers/remixers who also have their own DJ show on Manchester's Key103 radio station, DJs Graham Turner and Mark Hall. They are signed to the All Around The World record label.
Flip book A flip book (sometimes, especially in British English, flick book) is a book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change. Flip books are often illustrated books for children, but may also be geared towards adults and employ a series of photographs rather than drawings.
Flip button Flip Button is when a computer application (often malicious types like spyware and adware) tries to trick the user into clicking a button, by making the user think he made a good choice when he actually did not. An example is when there are 2 buttons, the first one saying "Yes" and the other one saying "No", but both buttons actually result in the same effect as pressing "Yes".
Flip cup Flip Cup, also known as Flipper, Flippy Cup, Taps, Tippy Cup, Cups, Canoe, Turbos or Turbo Cups, is a team-based drinking game. Effectively a drinking relay race, it is the North-American equivalent of a boat race.
Flip phone A flip phone is a type of telephone design most closely associated with mobile phones, particularly those of Motorola. Rather than a unitary design similar to a typical landline handset or a design in which the microphone section of the phone unfolds downwards, the flip phone is a clamshell design with the speaker and often an LCD screen on the top half and the keypad and microphone on the bottom half.
Flip Records (1950s) Flip Records was a record label that flourished in the 1950s, releasing rhythm and blues and DooWop music by such artists as Richard Berry, the Six Teens, Donald Wood, the Elgins, and many others. Max and Lilian Feirtag operated this label in Los Angeles, California, and published music under the Limax Music trademark.
Flip Saunders Philip "Flip" Saunders (born February 23, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States is head coach] of the [[NBA's Detroit Pistons and one of the most successful coaches in the history of the Continental Basketball Association.
Flip the Frog Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American cartoonist, Ub Iwerks. He who starred in a series of cartoons produced by Celebrity Pictures and distributed through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1930 to 1933.
Flip This House (TV series) Flip This House is a television series which airs on the A&E (Arts and Entertainment) television network. In Season one, the series followed the activities surrounding the Trademark Real Estate Company based in Charleston, South Carolina].
Flip Wilson Clerow "Flip" Wilson (December 8, 1933 – November 25, 1998) was an American comedian and actor. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, his flippant sense of humor earned him his nickname while he was serving in the United States Air Force.
Flip-disc display The flip-disc display (or flip-dot display) is a display technology used for large outdoor signs, normally those that will be exposed to direct sunlight. Flip-disc displays were common in the 1980s and 90s, but have since become rare with the introduction of high-intensity LEDs.
Flip-flop In footwear and fashion, flip-flops are a kind of flat, backless sandal that consist of a flat sole held on the foot by a u-shaped strap that passes between the first (big) and second toes and around either side of the foot, attached to the sole at three points, commonly known as the thong strap. They appear to have been developed out of traditional Japanese woven or wooden soled sandals (i.
Flip-flop (disambiguation) A flip-flop is a type of footwear normally worn at beaches, often made with a foam rubber sole and two rubber straps that go between the middle side of the outer edge of the sole and the big toe-to second toe gap.
Flip-flop (politics) A "flip-flop" (used mostly in the United States) or a U-turn (used in the United Kingdom) is a sudden real or apparent change of policy or opinion. Usually it will occur during the period prior to an election in order to maximize the candidate's popularity.
Flip-chip pin grid array Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array (FC-PGA or FCPGA) is the package of certain Intel Celeron, Pentium III, and Pentium 4 family microprocessors. FC-PGA processors fit into Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) Socket 370 and Socket 478 motherboard sockets, similar packages have also been used by AMD.
Flip-screen In computer and video games, the term flip-screen (sometimes also known as flick-screen) refers to games in which the playing environment is divided up into single screen portions (usually viewed from above, though sometimes from the side, or, more seldom, via an isometric view). Players see only one such screen at a time, and normally move to the next screen by having the player character/vehicle exit the current screen via one of the display's edges.
Flipmode Records Flipmode Records is a record label founded in 1994 by hiphop artist Busta Rhymes that operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Most recently, the label jointly released Busta Rhymes's The Big Bang with Dr.
Flipover A flip-over is one of five types of poison pills in which current shareholders of a targeted firm will have the option to purchase discounted stock after the potential takeover. Introduced in late 1984 and adopted by many firms, the strategy gave a common stock dividend in the form of rights to acquire the firm's common stock or preferred stock under market value.
Flippase Flippases (rarely, flipases) are enzymes located in the membrane responsible for aiding the movement of phospholipid molecules between the two leaflets that compose a cell's membrane (transverse diffusion). Although phospholipids diffuse rapidly in the plane of the membrane, their polar head groups cannot pass easily through the hydrophobic center of the bilayer, limiting their diffusion in this dimension.
Flipped Flipped (2002) is a young adult novel by Wendelin Van Draanen. It is a stand-alone teen romance in a he-said she-said style with the two protagonists alternately presenting their perspective on a shared set of events.
Flipped SU(5) The Flipped SU(5) model is a GUT theory which states that the gauge group is [ SU(5) × U(1)χ ]/mathbb{Z}_5 and the fermions form three families, each consisting of the representations bar{5}_{-3}, 101 and 15. This includes three right-handed neutrinos, which is consistent with the observed neutrino oscillations.
Flipper (1964 TV series) Flipper was a television series that ran from 1964 till 1967 on NBC. A television adaptation or spin-off from the 1963 movie Flipper, the show focused on widowed, young Everglades National Park ranger Porter Ricks (Brian Kelly), his sons Sandy (Luke Halpin, who played the same role in the 1963 film) and "Bud" (Tommy Norden), and their pet dolphin Flipper.
Flipper (anatomy) A flipper is a digitless, typically flat limb evolved for movement through water. Various creatures have evolved flippers, for example most fish (although for fish the usual term is fin), as well as certain mammals (whales, pinnipeds) and reptiles (turtles).
Flipper (band) Flipper is an influential punk/noise band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979, continuing on in often erratic fashion until the mid-1990's, then reuniting in 2005. Its founding members included former members of the Sleepers and Negative Trend.
Flipper Anderson Willie Lee "Flipper" Anderson, Jr. (born March 7, 1965 in Paulsboro, New Jersey) is a former American Football wide receiver who played for the Los Angeles Rams (1988-1994), Indianapolis Colts (1995), Washington Redskins (1996), and Denver Broncos (1997).
Flipper's Guitar Flipper's Guitar were a Tokyo-based Japanese pop duo Keigo Oyamada and Kenji Ozawa. The band were influenced by the chirpy sound of British 80s pop groups like Haircut 100, The Style Council and Aztec Camera, as well as the fashionably eclectic sounds of early 90s Britain, from indie dance to acid jazz.
Flipper's New Adventure Flipper's New Adventure is an American feature film (1964) written by Art Arthur, and directed by Leon Benson, based on characters created by Ricou Browning and Jack Cowden. In many countries, it was known by the title Flipper and the Pirates.
Flipping Flipping is a term, used primarily in the United States, which refers to the practice of buying an asset and quickly reselling (flipping) it for profit. Though flipping can be for any type of product, the term is often applied to the practice of buying real estate at below market value, making needed repairs and improvements to the property, and reselling it for a higher price (generally near market value), thus making a profit.
Flippy disk A flippy disk (sometimes known as a "flippy") is a double-sided 5ÂĽ" floppy disk, specially modified so that the two sides can be used independently (but not simultaneously) in single-sided drives. Use of "flippy" disks was most common during the 8-bit home computer era of the early-to-mid 1980s.
Flipron Flipron are an indie rock band from, London, England, consisting of singer and songwriter Jesse Budd, pianist/organist Joe Atkinson and bassist Greg Shepeard. They formed in 2003, the former bassist being Mark Wingfield.
Flipside (comics) Flipside is a Spider-Man 2099 villain. An android who was awakened by a gang member who had kidnapped Spider-man, Flipside was only activated because he saw what he believed to be a combination of two people from the 'Age of Heroes', Spider-Man and Venom.
Flipside TV Flipside TV was a television programme broadcast by Channel 4, Nation 277 and Paramount in the UK. It was presented mainly by Richard Bacon (also the shows founder, and executive producer) and guest hosts, including Justin Lee Collins and Iain Lee.
Fliptych Fliptych is a computer interface for browsing lists, in which each list item is represented by an image in a horizontal stack. The stack is composed in three sections: past list items, the current list item, and upcoming list items.
Flirt! Flirt! is the name of a nightclub brand that has been developed by National Union of Students of the United Kingdom services for the purpose of providing a recognisable night for University students across the United Kingdom.
Flirting (film) Flirting is a 1991 Australian coming of age film about a romance between two teenagers, written and directed by John Duigan. It stars Noah Taylor, who appears again as Danny Embling, a character from Duigan's 1987 film The Year My Voice Broke.
Flirty fishing Flirty fishing (FFing) was a form of evangelism involving sex, practiced by new religious movement the Children of God (The Family) to show God's love, win converts, and garner material and financial support. It was practiced from 1974 until 1987 (see History of the Family of Love: 1978-1981) when it was abandoned because of the AIDS epidemic and other reasons.
Flitch beam A flitch beam (or flitched beam) is a compound beam used in the construction of houses, decks, and other primarily wood-frame structures. Typically the flitch beam is made up of a steel plate sandwiched between two wood beams, the three layers being held together with bolts or nails.
Flitterjigs Flitterjigs is a description of an item of clothing that is in 'tatters' or 'ribbons'. This word has its origins in the 19th century English spoken in county Donegal in north west of Ireland where the local people are reckoned to possess the largest lexicon of both English and Gaelic in Ireland.
Flitwick Flitwick is a small town in mid Bedfordshire, England. About 5 miles from the M1, Flitwick also has a station on the Thameslink line (First Capital Connect took over the franchise from 1st April 2006) to London.
Flitwick railway station Flitwick railway station is located in the centre of the town of Flitwick, in Bedfordshire, England. As well as Flitwick, the station also serves the neaby town of Ampthill, formerly served by its own station.
Flixster Flixster is an online] [[database of information about films and actors which includes social features such as the ability for individual users to review and rate films and to compare their ratings with invited friends to assess compatibility in film tastes.
Flixton House Flixton House in Flixton (now part of Greater Manchester) was built in 1806 by Ralph Wright whose family had grown to be wealthy land owners the area (partly at the expense of the Egerton family who owned the nearby Shawe Hall). In 1827 Ralph Wright closed several footpaths across the estate which the public had access to.
Flo Flo was an American television sitcom series which ran from 1980 to 1981 on CBS. The series was a spinoff for Polly Holliday, whose portrayal of the sassy and street-smart waitress Flo Castleberry on Alice struck a chord with viewers.
Flo & Eddie Howard Kaylan ("Eddie") and Mark Volman ("Flo" aka "Phlorescent Leech") were the original founding members of the psychedelic / bubblegum rock group The Turtles. After The Turtles dissolved, Kaylan and Volman first joined the Mothers of Invention as "Phlorescent Leech & Eddie".
Flo Bjelke-Petersen Florence Isabel Bjelke-Petersen (born August 11, 1920), Lady Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate and is the widow of the longest-serving Premier of the Australian state of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Flo Hyman Flora Jean Hyman (July 31, 1954 in Inglewood, California – January 24, 1986 in Japan) was an American volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist. Nicknamed the "Clutchman", Hyman was extremely tall for a female, standing at 6'5" (196 cm).
Flo Sandon's Mammola Sandon, known by the stage name of Flo Sandon's (29 June 1924 – 17 November 2006), was an Italian singer who was popular in the post-WWII years. She won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1953 with the song "Viale d'autunno".
Flo Steinberg Flo Steinberg is an early publisher of independent comic books who released the underground / alternative hybrid Big Apple Comix in 1975. Additionally, as Stan Lee's Silver Age secretary and as the fledgling Marvel Comics' receptionist, she was a key participant of and witness to Marvel's expansion from a two-person staff to a major pop culture conglomerate.
Flo-Master Flo-Master was a popular brand of inks and markers in the latter half of the 20th century, remembered particularly for its colorful opaque inks, designed for marking on glass, which became weapons of choice among New York City subway graffiti artists of the 1970s and early-1980s.
Flo, Norway Flo is a small village in the municipality of Stryn, Norway, located on the northern shore of Strynevatnet. Flo has become famous for raising national and international footballers, all of whom are related: The brothers Jostein Flo, Tore André Flo and Jarle Flo as well as their cousin Håvard Flo.
Float (breakdancing move) The float or glide is a balance-intensive breakdance move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands. Breakers often "walk" with floats by shifting weight from one hand to the other and thus moving in a straight line or circle.
Float (finance) The free float of a public company is an estimate of proportion of shares that are not held by large owners and that are not stock with sales restrictions (restricted stock that cannot be sold until they become unrestricted stock).
Float (parade) A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Key West Fantasy Fest parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade. For the latter event, floats are decorated entirely in flowers.
Float chamber A float chamber is a device for automatically regulating the supply of a liquid to a system. It is most typically found in the carburettor of a normally aspirated internal combustion engine, where it automatically meters the fuel supply to the engine.
Float charging Float Charging or Trickle charging is a common method of maintaining cells in a battery at an optimum preset Voltage, often after a more vigorous short-term Boost Charge has been employed to restore discharged or unequally charged cells to the maximum Surface Charge.
Float On (Modest Mouse song) "Float On" was the first single released from Modest Mouse's album Good News for People Who Love Bad News. The song was released on February 14, 2004 and was the first Modest Mouse song to gain mainstream popularity.
Float valve A float valve is a mechanical feedback mechanism that regulates fluid level by using a float to drive an inlet valve such that a higher fluid level will force the valve closed whilst a lower fluid level will force the valve open. This is an example of negative feedback.
Float-out Float-out is the process in modern shipbuilding that follows the keel laying and precedes the fitting-out process. It is synonymous with the launching of a ship, a specific process that has largely been discontinued in modern shipbuilding.
Floatation suits The floatation suit is often used by sea anglers in Britain and europe the are used for safety and for warmth often in the winter many of them made with bright fabrics and bright reflective tape the suits have saved many lives please note however that they are not a life jacket and do not provede the same protection. All good makes of these include imax and sundridge and also fladden they come in 1 and 2 piece and often are called bib "n" brace or one piece if you are a sea angler then i suggest that you purchase one and are sold thruogh all good tackle dealers it was originally designed for an oil rig worker.
Floated barrel Floated barrel is a phrase describing the relationship between the stock of a rifle and the barrel. A floated barrel is to some degree (fully, partially) separated from the handguard area of the stock, reasons for doing this is to increase accuracy and decrease the adverse effects of stock imperfections (wood creep).
Floater (band) Floater is a hard rock/heavy metal band currently based in Portland, Oregon. They are well known for their progressive concept albums, stylized storytelling, small yet devoted fanbase, and frequent shows in the Pacific Northwest.
Floating airport A Floating airport is an airport that would be built and situated on a very large floating structure (VLFS) located many miles out at sea utilizing a floatation type of device or devices such as Pneumatic Stabilized Platform (PSP) technology.
Floating body effect The floating body effect is the effect of dependence of the body potential of a transistor realized by the silicon on insulator technology on the history of its biasing and the carrier recombination processes. The transistor's body forms a capacitor against the insulated substrate; the charge accumulates on this capacitor and may cause adverse effects, e.
Floating breech A breech-block of a firearm that is not held rigidly to the barrel at the moment of firing, but instead is free to move in the opposite direction to the projectile. This can help to reduce the recoil induced in the body of the firearm so long as the subsequent motion of the breech-block is retarded in some manner - either by a spring, or by back-pressure against a piston attached to the breech-block provided by tapping the expelled propellant gases.
Floating canvass Floating Canvass is a term used by tailors to describe the cloth-construction inside a jacket or coat. It consists of two layers of cloth into which horsehair has been woven, which are then sewn together to create a curving of the finished canvass.
Floating capital Floating capital denotes currency in circulation and also assets which are movable and storable. It represents working capital; assets which are in circulation or transportable; rather than those that are fixed, such as buildings, installations, etc.
Floating car data Floating car data (FCD) (also known as; Floating Cellular Data) is a method to determine the traffic speed on the road network. It is based on the collection of localisation data, speed, direction of travel and time information from driving vehicles.
Floating city (science fiction) In science fiction, floating cities are settlements that use buoyancy to remain in the atmosphere of a planet. Buckminster Fuller first proposed the concept for Earth, by building a geodesic sphere that would be heated by sunlight, and float.
Floating exchange rate A floating exchange rate or a flexible exchange rate is a type of exchange rate regime wherein a currency's value is allowed to fluctuate according to the foreign exchange market. A currency that uses a floating exchange rate is known as a floating currency.
Floating hinge A hinge is a mechanical device that connects two solid objects, allowing rotation between them about the axis of the hinge. A floating hinge is a hinge that, while able to behave as a normal hinge, enables one of the objects to move apart from the other - hence float.
Floating charge A floating charge is a security interest over all of the assets of a company which 'floats' until an event of default is triggered or until the company goes into insolvent liquidation at which time the floating charge crystallises and attaches to all of the assets of the company.
Floating interest rate In business and finance, floating interest rates, a floating rate, variable rate or adjustable rate refers to any type of loan, bond, mortgage or credit that does not have a fixed rate of interest over the life of the loan. Such loans typically use an index or other basis for establishing the interest rate for each relevant period.
Floating pleasure palace A floating pleasure palace (FPP) is a probably hypothetical ship or floating platform said to exist in international waters for the enjoyment of the ultra-rich. Membership in FPP's is believed to be by invitation only, and is said to be coveted by celebrities, industrial barons and Saudi princes.
Floating point Floating-point is a numeral-interpretation system in which a string of digits (or bits) represents a real number. A system of arithmetic is defined that allows these representations to be manipulated with results that are similar to the arithmetic operations over real numbers.
Floating point unit A floating point unit (FPU) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root.
Floating Production Storage and Offloading A Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO; also called a "unit" and a "system") is a type of floating tank system used by the offshore oil and gas industry and designed to take all of the oil or gas produced from a nearby platform (s), process it, and store it until the oil or gas can be offloaded onto waiting tankers, or sent through a pipeline. A FSO is a similar system, but without the possibility to do any processing of the oil or gas.
Floating raft system Floating raft is type of land-based foundation, invented by John Root, that protects against settlement and the Soil liquefaction of soft soil due to seismic activity. It was a necessary innovation in the development of tall buildings in the wet soil of Chicago in the 19th century.
Floating rate loan In business and finance, a floating rate loan (or a variable or adjustable rate loan) refers to a loan with a floating interest rate. The total rate paid by the customer "floats" in relation to some base rate, to which a spread or margin is added (or more rarely, subtracted).
Floating rib Floating ribs (costae fluitantes) are four atypical ribs (two lowermost pairs, XI-XII) in the human ribcage. They are called so because they are attached to the vertebrae only, and not to the sternum or cartilage coming off of the sternum.
Floating timeline A floating timeline (also known as a sliding timescale) is a device used in fiction, particularly by DC and Marvel Comics, to explain why characters created years or even decades ago, seem to have aged little or not at all since their inception (the floating timeline may be considered a subtle form of retroactive continuity). Characters who debuted as teens in the 1940s, such as Robin (now Nightwing); or the 1960s, such as the X-Men, are still relatively young in today's comics.
Floating Weeds Floating Weeds ([Ukikusa) is a 1959] film directed by [[Yasujiro Ozu and shot in colour by Kazuo Miyagawa, one of Japan's most highly regarded cinematographers. It is a remake of Ozu's own black-and-white silent film A Story of Floating Weeds (1934).
Floating zone crystal growth Floating zone crystal growth is a method of growing cylindrical boules of very high purity single crystal Silicon for use in the semiconductor industry. It is arguably one of the most enabling techniques developed in the information era, pioneered by Siemens AG to allow integrated circuits to be mass produced on smaller scales.
Floating, gliding and sliding Floating, gliding and sliding are a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques and styles closely related to popping, which attempt to create the illusion that the dancer's body is floating smoothly across the floor or that the legs are walking while the body travels in unexpected directions.
Floatpoint Floatpoint is a 2006 work of interactive fiction written by Emily Short about a diplomat sent to an endangered alien planet to discuss evacuation options. It won the 2006 annual Interactive Fiction Competition.
Flocculation Flocculation refers to a process where a solute comes out of solution in the form of floc or "flakes." The term is also used to refer to the process by which fine particulates are caused to clump together into floc.
Flocculus The flocculus is a small lobe of the cerebellum at the posterior border of the middle cerebellar peduncle anterior to the biventer lobule; it is associated with the nodulus of the vermis; together, these two structures compose the vestibular part of the cerebellum.

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