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centrifuge
CIDE DICTIONARY
centrifuge, n.
an apparatus having containers for liquids arrayed around a central pivot and rotated at a high speed, thus generating centrifugal force on the liquid, and separating substances (such as particles of solid or globules of an immiscible liquid) mixed together in suspension within the liquid. Suspensions which would settle only very slowly or not at all under gravity can be made to separate quickly in such a device.
"The containers for holding the liquid in a centrifuge are held in a metal frame called the head or trunnion . The solid material collected at teh bottom of the liquid container is called the pellet. A centrifuge designed to run at very high speeds and thus generate very high centrifugal force is called an ultracentrifuge ." [WordNet 1.5]
centrifuge, v. t.
to drive out; to subject to the action of a centrifuge. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
centrifuge, n. & v.
--n. a machine with a rapidly rotating device designed to separate liquids from solids or other liquids (e.g. cream from milk).
--v.tr.
1 subject to the action of a centrifuge.
2 separate by centrifuge.
--n. a machine with a rapidly rotating device designed to separate liquids from solids or other liquids (e.g. cream from milk).
--v.tr.
1 subject to the action of a centrifuge.
2 separate by centrifuge.
Derivative
centrifugation n.
THESAURUS
centrifuge
analyzer, breaker, centrifugate, cutter, eddy, gurge, reel, separator, sieve, spin, stripper, surge, swirl, twirl, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirlpoolROGET THESAURUS
centrifuge
Rotation
N rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll, circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution, verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge, countercurrent, Maelstrom, Charybdis, Ixion, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, dust devil, spin-out, axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point, axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel, axle shaft, gymbal, hub, hub of rotation, helix, helical motion, angular momentum, angular velocity, revolutions per minute, RPM, centrifugal force, surge, vertigo, dizzy round, coriolus force, carousel, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, top, dreidel, teetotum, gyroscope, turntable, lazy suzan, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill, wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear, roller, flywheel, jack, caster, centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge, drill, augur, oil rig, wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre, trochilics, whirling dervish, rotating, rotary, rotary, circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical, vorticose, head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.For further exploring for "centrifuge" in Webster Dictionary Online
