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ULTRACENTRIFUGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultracentrifuge mean? 

ULTRACENTRIFUGE (noun)
  The noun ULTRACENTRIFUGE has 1 sense:

1. a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteinsplay

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


ULTRACENTRIFUGE (verb)
  The verb ULTRACENTRIFUGE has 1 sense:

1. subject to the action of an ultracentrifugeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ULTRACENTRIFUGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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


ULTRACENTRIFUGE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they ultracentrifuge  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it ultracentrifuges  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: ultracentrifuged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: ultracentrifuged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: ultracentrifuging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

centrifugate; centrifuge (rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

ultracentrifugation (centrifugation at very high speeds)


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