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centrifuge

noun

1 centrifuge

An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension.

synonyms: extractor, separator.

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration; volutation, circination, turbination, ... show more

Dutch: afscheider, scheider, centrifuge, droogzwierder
Polish: separator, oddzielacz

verb

1 centrifuge

Rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids.

synonym: centrifugate.


Moby thesaurus: analyzer, breaker, centrifugate, cutter, eddy, gurge, reel, separator, sieve, spin, stripper, surge, swirl, twirl, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirlpool.

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