nucleating
Initiating particle formation
Nucleating is the present participle of nucleate, meaning to form or serve as a nucleus—a central point around which other material gathers.
In chemistry and physics, nucleating describes the process of triggering crystal formation or condensation: Dust particles nucleating ice crystals in clouds.
More broadly, something nucleating acts as a seed that starts aggregation: The coffee shop became the nucleating point for the neighborhood's artist community.
Embryonic plant capsule
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
saturation · heterogeneous · homogeneous · induction · solubility · crystallography · solidification · phase
Vapor turning to liquid
- coalescenceUniting into one mass
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
- dropletTiny liquid sphere
- aerosolMist in gas
particle · colloid · agglomeration · accretion · bubble · vapor · cloud-seeding · nanoparticle
Causing to activate
- catalyzingSpeeding a reaction
- sparkingEmitting small flames
- activatingCausing to function
- seedingPlanting or ranking
originating · instigating · pioneering · launching · founding · germinating · inciting · precipitating
Small fluid-filled sac
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- organelleSubcellular functional unit
- proteinFolded amino chain
- actinCellular contractile protein
cytoskeleton · polymerization · filament · microtubule · spindle · centrosome · ribosome · assembly
seed
Embryonic plant capsule
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
solute · saturation · heterogeneous · homogeneous · induction · solubility · crystallography · solidification · phase · morphology
condensation
Vapor turning to liquid
- coalescenceUniting into one mass
- clusteringForming concentrated groups
- dropletTiny liquid sphere
aerosol · particle · colloid · agglomeration · accretion · bubble · vapor · cloud-seeding · nanoparticle · emulsion
triggering
Causing to activate
- catalyzingSpeeding a reaction
- sparkingEmitting small flames
- activatingCausing to function
seeding · originating · instigating · pioneering · launching · founding · germinating · inciting · precipitating · stimulating
vesicle
Small fluid-filled sac
actin · cytoskeleton · polymerization · filament · microtubule · spindle · centrosome · ribosome · assembly · mitosis
nucleatingdissolving
Passing into solution
dissipating · dispersing · disintegrating · melting · decrystallizing
nucleatingscattering
Distribution in many directions
dispersing · decentralizing · fragmenting · disassembling · dismantling