Centrifuge Definition

sĕntrə-fyo͝oj
centrifuged, centrifuges, centrifuging
noun
centrifuges
A machine using centrifugal force to separate particles of varying density, as cream from milk, or to draw off moisture, as in a washing machine.
Webster's New World
An apparatus in which humans or animals are enclosed and which is revolved to simulate the effects of acceleration in a spacecraft.
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verb
centrifuged, centrifuges, centrifuging
To subject to the action of a centrifuge.
Webster's New World
To rotate (something) in a centrifuge or to separate, dehydrate, or test by means of this apparatus.
American Heritage
To rotate something in a centrifuge or to separate, dehydrate, or test by means of this apparatus.
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Other Word Forms of Centrifuge

Noun

Singular:
centrifuge
Plural:
centrifuges

Origin of Centrifuge

  • French centrifugal from New Latin centrifugus centrifugal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French centrifuge.

    From Wiktionary

Centrifuge Sentence Examples

  • That program was based on gas centrifuge uranium enrichment.

  • To do this you have to use a complex machine called a centrifuge cascade.

  • If the school does not have a suitable centrifuge this step can be missed out.

  • This tube is spun down in a special centrifuge in the laboratory to separate serum, the liquid part of blood, from red cells.

  • The network sold uranium hexafluoride, the gas that the centrifuge process can transform into enriched uranium for nuclear bombs.

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EGEUGE

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