centrifuge.

1. An apparatus that spins material to separate components or subject a sample to strong acceleration.

2. To spin a sample in a centrifuge to separate its components.

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Words that belong together

• a laboratory centrifuge
• a centrifuge rotor
• a human centrifuge

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The centrifuge vibrated once, and she stopped it before the imbalance grew worse.

A human centrifuge stood at the center of the training wing, silent between runs.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular centrifuge; plural centrifuges. Verb forms: centrifuge; centrifuges; centrifuged; centrifuged; centrifuging. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: centrifuges.