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centrifuge

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centrifuge /cen·tri·fuge/ (sen´tri-fuj)
1. a machine by which centrifugation is effected.
2. to subject to centrifugation.
cen·tri·fuge (sntr-fyj)
n.
An apparatus consisting essentially of a compartment spun about a central axis to separate contained materials of different densities, or to separate colloidal particles suspended in a liquid.
v.
To rotate something in a centrifuge or to separate, dehydrate, or test by means of this apparatus.
centrifuge
1. to rotate, in a suitable container, at extremely high speed, to cause the deposition of solids in solution.
2. a laboratory device for subjecting substances in solution to relative centrifugal force up to 25,000 times gravity. See also cytocentrifuge.
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