centrifugate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

centrifuge +‎ -ate

Noun[edit]

centrifugate (plural centrifugates)

  1. The thicker product obtained from separation in a centrifuge.

Antonyms[edit]

Verb[edit]

centrifugate (third-person singular simple present centrifugates, present participle centrifugating, simple past and past participle centrifugated)

  1. (transitive, rare) To separate using centrifugation.
    • 1937, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). College of Medicine. Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Collected Studies from the Dept. of Physiological Chemistry (page 33)
      The antigenic aluminum hydroxide is made in the following manner: The antigenic solution is treated with enough aluminum hydroxide to precipitate all the protein. The mixture is then shaken thoroughly and centrifugated.

Usage notes[edit]

It is much more common to described something as being centrifuged rather than centrifugated.

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

centrifugate

  1. inflection of centrifugare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2[edit]

Participle[edit]

centrifugate f pl

  1. feminine plural of centrifugato

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

centrifugate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of centrifugar combined with te