centrifugate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
centrifuge + -ate
Noun[edit]
centrifugate (plural centrifugates)
- 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)
- (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.
- 1937, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). College of Medicine. Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Collected Studies from the Dept. of Physiological Chemistry (page 33)
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
- inflection of centrifugare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
centrifugate f pl
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
centrifugate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of centrifugar combined with te