microcentrifuge

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noun

A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).

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Meanings

nounmicrocentrifuge (plural microcentrifuges)

plural microcentrifuges

  1. A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
verbmicrocentrifuge (third-person singular simple present microcentrifuges, present participle microcentrifuging, simple past and past participle microcentrifuged)

present singular third person microcentrifuges · participle present microcentrifuging · participle past microcentrifuged · past microcentrifuged

  1. transitiveTo centrifuge in such a device.

    Cell suspensions in RNAlater were microcentrifuged for one minute at 20,000 × g, and the pellets were re-suspended in the kit-provided buffer RLT.

    2016 February 4, “Use of De Novo Transcriptome Libraries to Characterize a Novel Oleaginous Marine Chlorella Species during the Accumulation of Triacylglycerols”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + centrifuge.

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APA

microcentrifuge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcentrifuge

MLA

“microcentrifuge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcentrifuge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microcentrifuge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcentrifuge.

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