ultracentrifuge (redirected from ultracentrifugations)

ul·tra·cen·tri·fuge (ltr-sntr-fyj)

n.

A centrifuge that uses high-velocity rotations to achieve the separation of colloidal or submicroscopic particles.

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ultra·cen·trifu·gal (-trfy-gl, -trf-gl) adj.

ultra·centri·fu·gation (-fy-gshn) n.

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ultracentrifuge,

n a high-speed centrifuge with a rotation rate fast enough to produce sedimentation of viruses, even in blood plasma. Many kinds of biochemical analyses use ultracentrifuge, including such analyses as the measurement and separation of some proteins and viruses.

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ultracentrifuge

the centrifuge used in ultracentrifugation.