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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In their study, they show how PNFs can be used effectively to separate HIV particles from solutions without relying on centrifugation.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
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
It is necessary to have some personal objects for which to give our lives if they are to be saved from centrifugation, from death through ingrowing affection.
From Religious Education in the Family by Henry Frederick Cope
