centrifuge

English

Etymology

From French centrifuge, from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”). Equivalent to centri- +‎ -fuge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɹɪˌfjuːdʒ/

Noun

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

• centrifugation
• gas centrifuge
• ultracentrifuge

Related terms

• centrifugal force

Translations

device for separation of substances

• Albanian: centrifuge
• Arabic: طَرْد مَرْكَزِيّ m (ṭard markaziyy)
• Bulgarian: центрофу́га f (centrofúga)
• Catalan: centrifugadora f, centrífuga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 離心機／离心机 (zh) (líxīnjī), 离心机 (zh) (líxīnjī)

• Czech: odstředivka f
• Danish: centrifuge c
• Esperanto: centrifugilo
• Finnish: linko (fi), sentrifugi (fi)
• French: centrifugeuse (fr) f
• German: Zentrifugal, Zentrifuge (de) f
• Greek: φυγόκεντρος (el) m (fygókentros)
• Hindi: अपकेंद्रित्र (apkendritra)
• Hungarian: centrifuga (hu)
• Ido: centrifugilo (io)
• Indonesian: pemusing (id)
• Irish: lártheifneoir m
• Italian: centrifuga (it) f
• Japanese: 遠心機 (えんしんき, enshinki)
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• Kazakh: үйірткі (üiırtkı)
• Korean: 원심분리기(遠心分離機) (ko) (wonsimbulligi), 원심기계(遠心機械) (wonsimgigye), 원심기(遠心機) (wonsimgi)
• Latin: centrifugium n
• Norwegian: sentrifuge m
• Persian: سانتریفوژ (sântrifuž)
• Polish: centryfuga f, wirówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: centrífuga f
• Russian: центрифу́га (ru) f (centrifúga)
• Spanish: centrífuga (es) f
• Swedish: centrifug (sv) c
• Telugu: అపకేంద్ర యంత్రం (te) (apakēndra yantraṁ)
• Thai: เครื่องหมุนเหวี่ยง (krʉ̂ʉang-mǔn-wìiang)
• Turkish: santrifüj (tr), merkezkaç (tr)
• Ukrainian: центрифу́га (uk) f (centryfúha)
• Vietnamese: máy ly tâm, máy li tâm (𣛠離心)
• Welsh: allgyrchydd m

Verb

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

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

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使離心／使离心, 使离心 (shǐ líxīn), 以離心機分離／以离心机分离 (yǐ líxīnjī fēnlí), 以离心机分离 (yǐ líxīnjī fēnlí)

• Czech: odstředit
• Danish: centrifugere
• Dutch: centrifugeren (nl)
• Finnish: lingota (fi)
• French: centrifuger (fr)
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• German: zentrifugieren
• Hungarian: centrifugál (hu), pörget (hu), kipörget
• Italian: centrifugare (it)
• Japanese: ...を遠心機にかけて分離する
• Norwegian: sentrifugere
• Portuguese: centrifugar
• Spanish: centrifugar (es)
• Swedish: centrifugera (sv)
• Welsh: allgyrchu

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French centrifuge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛn.triˈfyː.ʒə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cen‧tri‧fu‧ge

Noun

centrifuge f (plural centrifuges, diminutive centrifugetje n)

1. (chiefly Netherlands) centrifuge

   Synonyms: centrifugaalmachine, droogzwierder

Related terms

• centrifugaal
• centrifugeren

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French

Etymology

centre +‎ -fuge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/

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Adjective

centrifuge (plural centrifuges)

1. centrifugal

Further reading

• “centrifuge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.