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CENTRIFUGATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centrifugate mean? 

CENTRIFUGATE (verb)
  The verb CENTRIFUGATE has 1 sense:

1. rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solidsplay

  Familiarity information: CENTRIFUGATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTRIFUGATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they centrifugate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it centrifugates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: centrifugated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: centrifugated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: centrifugating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

centrifugate; centrifuge

Hypernyms (to "centrifugate" is one way to...):

spin (stream in jets, of liquids)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "centrifugate"):

ultracentrifuge (subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

centrifuge (an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension)


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