centrifugate
English
Etymology
centrifuge + -ate
Noun
centrifugate (plural centrifugates)
- The thicker product obtained from separation in a centrifuge.
Antonyms
Verb
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
It is much more common to described something as being centrifuged rather than centrifugated.
Italian
Verb
centrifugate
- inflection of centrifugare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Spanish
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