coagulate
[ko'ægjə`let]
vt. (使)凝

vi. (使)凝

a. 凝

[医] 凝固

1. Air coagulates blood.
   气使血液凝.
2. Blood coagulates in air.
   血液气凝.
3. Most polymer emulsion may coagulate when they enter waste streams.
   数聚合乳液废流凝聚。

coagulate
[ verb ]

1. change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

<verb.change> clot
coagulated blood

2. cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

<verb.change> clot

[ adj ]

1. transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

<adj.all>
coagulated blood
curdled milk
grumous blood

Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, a. [L. coagulatus, p. p. of coagulare
to coagulate, fr. coagulum means of coagulation, fr. cogere,
coactum, to drive together, coagulate. See {Cogent}.]
Coagulated. [Obs.] --Shak.


Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coagulated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Coagulating}.]
To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid
state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical
reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat
coagulates the white of an egg.


Coagulate \Co*ag"u*late\, v. i.
To undergo coagulation. --Boyle.

Syn: To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.