centrifuge

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛntɹɪˌfjʊdʒ/ X-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 (cmn), 离心机 (cmn) (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
• Hindi: अपकेंद्रित्र (hi) (apakendritra)

• 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 (masculine and feminine, plural centrifuges)

1. centrifugal