centrifuge
noun
an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
centrifuged
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past participleof centrifuge.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof centrifuge.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
centrifugenounan apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
Example Sentences
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The DNA was centrifuged at high speeds in an ultracentrifuge.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Before and after that process, the researchers drew blood, biopsied tissues, centrifuged fluids and microscopically searched for vesicles and other molecular changes in the tissues.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
After incubation on ice for 5 min, the lysed bacterial solution was centrifuged at 13,000 r.p.m. and 4 °C for 4 min.
From Nature ● May 8, 2018
That done, they ground them up and centrifuged the result.
From Economist ● Jun. 16, 2016
The serum was then decanted, centrifuged to remove all blood cells, sterilized in a Seitz filter, bottled in sterile vials, and stored at 2°C. until used.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
