centrifugate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]centrifuge + -ate
Noun
[edit]centrifugate (plural centrifugates)
- The thicker product obtained from separation in a centrifuge.
Antonyms
[edit]Verb
[edit]centrifugate (third-person singular simple present centrifugates, present participle centrifugating, simple past and past participle centrifugated)
- (transitive, rare) To separate using centrifugation.
- 1937, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). College of Medicine. Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Collected Studies from the Dept. of Physiological Chemistry (page 33)
- The antigenic aluminum hydroxide is made in the following manner: The antigenic solution is treated with enough aluminum hydroxide to precipitate all the protein. The mixture is then shaken thoroughly and centrifugated.
- 1937, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). College of Medicine. Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Collected Studies from the Dept. of Physiological Chemistry (page 33)
Usage notes
[edit]It is much more common to described something as being centrifuged rather than centrifugated.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]centrifugate
- inflection of centrifugare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]centrifugate f pl
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]centrifugate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of centrifugar combined with te