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Definition of Centrifuge

1. Verb. Rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids.

2. Noun. An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension.

Definition of Centrifuge

1. Noun. A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft. ¹

3. Verb. To rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Centrifuge

1. [v -FUGED, -FUGING, -FUGES]

Medical Definition of Centrifuge

1. A laboratory apparatus that separates mixed samples into homogenouscomponent layers by spinning them at high speed. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centrifuge

centrifugal casting centrifugal current centrifugal fast analyser centrifugal force centrifugal forces centrifugal nerve centrifugal pump centrifugalisation centrifugalise centrifugally

centrifugals centrifugate centrifugated centrifugation centrifugations centrifuge (current term) centrifuged centrifugence centrifugences centrifuges

centrifuging centrilobular centrilobular emphysema centring centrings centrins centriolar centriolar region centriole

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