centrifuge
pronunciation
How to pronounce centrifuge in British English:
UK [ˈsentrɪfju:dʒ]
How to pronounce centrifuge in American English:
US [ˈsɛntrəˌfjudʒ]
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- Noun:
- an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
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- Verb:
- rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids
Word Origin
- centrifuge (n.)
- 1887, "a centrifuge machine," originally a machine for separating cream from milk, from French centrifuge, from noun use of adjective meaning "centrifugal" (1801), from Modern Latin centrifugus (see centrifugal).
Example
- 1. Need a centrifuge to separate your dna from cellular junk ?
- 2. A centrifuge to determine the amount of fat .
- 3. Shots of gagarin training in a centrifuge , or ascending the launch tower , look modern and even familiar .
- 4. Preventing muscle loss in space is simple : just spend an hour a day in a giant human centrifuge that 's spinning at 30 rotations per minute .
- 5. Iran had , he said , both developed a new centrifuge and increased its enrichment capacity at natanz from 6000 to 9000 centrifuges .