Meaning

1 senses

  1. To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.

    zentrifugieren

    rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids

Translations

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By meaning 1
to rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents:

Origin

From French centrifuge, from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”). Equivalent to c

From French centrifuge, from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”). Equivalent to centri- + -fuge.

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Forms

centrifuges, centrifuging, centrifuged, centrifuged
Base formcentrifuge · to centrifuge
3rd person singularcentrifuges
Present participlecentrifuging
Past simplecentrifuged
Past participlecentrifuged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycentrifuge
he, she, itcentrifuges

Past simpleLesson

all personscentrifuged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave centrifuged
he, she, ithas centrifuged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill centrifuge

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids:centrifugate

Word family

13 related words
Relatedcentrifugation
Derivedcentrifugablecentrifugalcentrifugatecytocentrifugegas centrifugemicrocentrifugemicrofugeminicentrifugenanocentrifugerecentrifugeultracentrifugevacufuge

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
centrallycentreA2centrifugalcentrismcentristcentrosome

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