ULTRACENTRIFUGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultracentrifugation mean? 

• ULTRACENTRIFUGATION (noun)
  The noun ULTRACENTRIFUGATION has 1 sense:

1. centrifugation at very high speeds

  Familiarity information: ULTRACENTRIFUGATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULTRACENTRIFUGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Centrifugation at very high speeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("ultracentrifugation" is a kind of...):

centrifugation (the process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge)

Derivation:

ultracentrifuge (subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge)

 Context examples 

The technique, known as density gradient ultracentrifugation, is a decades-old process used to separate biomolecules.

(Materials for the next generation of electronics and photovoltaics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A subcellular fraction isolated by ultracentrifugation or other separation techniques must first be isolated so that a process can be studied free from all of the complex side reactions that occur in a cell.

(Cell-free System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)