Meanings
nouncentrifugation (countable and uncountable, plural centrifugations)
plural centrifugations
- countableuncountableThe process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
“Was the RNA degraded in the centrifugation step?”
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 339
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 離心分離 /离心分离
- 離心分離 /离心分离 (líxīn fēnlí)process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
Indonesian sentrifugasi
- sentrifugasiprocess in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
Irish lártheifneoiriú, lártheifneoiriúchán
- lártheifneoiriúprocess in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
- lártheifneoiriúchánprocess in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
Italian centrifugazione
- centrifugazioneprocess in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
Japanese 遠心分離
- 遠心分離 (enshinbunri)process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
Malay pengemparan
- pengemparanprocess in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
Russian центрифугирование
- центрифугирование (centrifugirovanije)process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
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centrifugation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centrifugation
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“centrifugation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centrifugation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centrifugation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centrifugation.
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