centrifuge

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛntɹɪˌfjʊdʒ/ SAMPA: /"sEntrI%fjUdZ/

Noun

Wikipedia centrifuge (plural centrifuges)

1. A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
2. (figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.

Derived terms

• gas centrifuge
• ultracentrifuge

Related terms

• centrifugal force

Translations

device for separation of substances

Albanian: centrifuge (sq) Arabic: طرد مركزي (ar) (Tard markaziy) m. Bulgarian: центрoфуга (bg) (centrofúga) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 離心機 (zh), 离心机 (zh) (líxīnjī) Czech: odstředivka (cs) f. Danish: centrifuge (da) c. Esperanto: centrifugilo (eo) Finnish: sentrifugiputkeen (fi) French: centrifugeuse (fr) f. German: Zentrifugal (de), Zentrifuge (de) f. Greek: φυγόκεντρος (el) (fugókentros) m. Hungarian: centrifuga (hu)

Ido: centrifugilo (io) Irish: lártheifneoir (ga) m. Japanese: 遠心機 (ja) (えんしんき, enshinki) Norwegian: sentrifuge (no) m. Persian: سانتریفوژ (fa) (sântrifuž) Polish: centryfuga (pl) f., wirówka (pl) Portuguese: centrifuga (pt) Russian: центрифуга (ru) (centrifúga) f. Spanish: centrífuga (es) f. Turkish: santrifül (tr), merkezkaç (tr) Ukrainian: центрифуга (uk) (centryfúha) f. Vietnamese: máy ly tâm (vi)

Verb

centrifuge (third-person singular simple present centrifuges, present participle centrifuging, simple past and past participle centrifuged)

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

Translations

to rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents

Danish: centrifugere (da)

Dutch: centrifugeren (nl)

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛn.tri.ˈfyː.ʒə/

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Noun

centrifuge f. (plural centrifuges, diminutive centrifugetje)

1. centrifuge

Derived terms

• centrifugaal
• centrifugeren

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Adjective

centrifuge (epicene, plural centrifuges)

1. centrifugal