centrifuge

From French centrifuge.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɹɪˌfjʊdʒ/

centrifuge (plural centrifuges)

1. A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
2. (figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.

• gas centrifuge
• ultracentrifuge

• centrifugal force

centrifuge (third-person singular simple present centrifuges, present participle centrifuging, simple past and past participle centrifuged)

1. To rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents

• IPA^(key): /sɛntriˈfyːzjə/, [sɛntriˈfyːʒə]

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centrifuge f (plural centrifuges, diminutive centrifugetje n)

1. centrifuge

• centrifugaal
• centrifugeren

centre +‎ -fuge

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/

centrifuge (plural centrifuges)

1. centrifugal

• “centrifuge” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).