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.

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

plural of centrifuge

simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge

The property or quality of being centrifugal.

plural of centrifugence

Alternative form of centrifugable

Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. / (botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.

A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.

Away from a centre or axis. / Using centrifugal force. / In a centrifuge.