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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cen•tri•fuge /ˈsɛntrəˌfyudʒ/USA pronunciation n., v., -fuged, -fug•ing. n. [countable] - Mechanical Engineeringa machine that spins at high speed and separates substances of different densities.
v. [~ + object] - Physicsto put (something) through the action of a centrifuge:They centrifuged the blood samples and analyzed them.
See -fug-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cen•tri•fuge (sen′trə fyo̅o̅j′),USA pronunciation n., v., -fuged, -fug•ing. n. - Mechanical Engineeringan apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
v.t. - Also, centrifugalize. to subject to the action of a centrifuge.
- Neo-Latin centrifugus center-fleeing; see centrifugal
- French, noun, nominal use of centrifuge (adjective, adjectival)
- 1795–1805;
cen•trif•u•ga•tion (sen trif′yə gā′shən, -trif′ə-),USA pronunciation n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: centrifuge /ˈsɛntrɪˌfjuːdʒ/ n - any of various rotating machines that separate liquids from solids or dispersions of one liquid in another, by the action of centrifugal force
- any of various rotating devices for subjecting human beings or animals to varying accelerations for experimental purposes
vb - (transitive) to subject to the action of a centrifuge
centrifugation /ˌsɛntrɪfjʊˈɡeɪʃən/ n |