centrifuge
noun
an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
centrifugation
-
a word derived from
centrifuge.
Example Sentences
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The researchers reasoned that nanoparticles could be separated from the reaction mixture through centrifugation, which could make it easier to recover the DNA afterward.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Using research methods including centrifugation, he determined that the cause was not a virus, as other scientists had speculated, but rather a new, far smaller pathogen: the viroid.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
The “S” designation applies to “Svedberg” units, a nonadditive value that characterizes the speed at which a particle sediments during centrifugation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Then you’d centrifuge it, and centrifugation just allows heavy things to settle and light things to remain on top.
From The Verge ● Jan. 11, 2019
Formalin caused slight denaturation of some of the proteins, but this effect was complete within a few hours, after which any denatured material was removed by filtration or centrifugation.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
