centrifuge
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈsɛntɹɪˌfjuːdʒ/
centrifuge (plural centrifuges)
- 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.
- (figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
- French: centrifugeuse
- German: Zentrifugal, Zentrifuge
- Italian: centrifuga
- Portuguese: centrifuga
- Russian: центрифу́га
- Spanish: centrífuga
centrifuge (centrifuges, present participle centrifuging; past and past participle centrifuged)
- To rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents
- French: centrifuger
- German: zentrifugieren
- Italian: centrifugare
- Spanish: centrifugar
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