Meanings
nounultracentrifuge (plural ultracentrifuges)
plural ultracentrifuges
- A high-speed centrifuge, especially one free from convection that is used to separate colloidal particles.
verbultracentrifuge (third-person singular simple present ultracentrifuges, present participle ultracentrifuging, simple past and past participle ultracentrifuged)
present singular third person ultracentrifuges · participle present ultracentrifuging · participle past ultracentrifuged · past ultracentrifuged
- To submit a material to ultracentrifugation
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Latinūls
- Latinultrā
- Englishultra-
- Englishcentrifuge
- Englishultracentrifuge
From ultra- + centrifuge.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hungarian ultracentrifuga
- ultracentrifugaTranslations
Irish ultra-lártheifneoir
- ultra-lártheifneoirTranslations
Italian ultracentrifuga, ultracentrifugare
- ultracentrifugaTranslations
- ultracentrifugareTranslations
Portuguese ultracentrífuga, ultracentrifugadora
- ultracentrífugaTranslations
- ultracentrifugadoraTranslations
Spanish ultracentrífuga, ultracentrifugadora
- ultracentrífugaTranslations
- ultracentrifugadoraTranslations
- ultracentrifugarTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
ultracentrifuge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultracentrifuge
MLA
“ultracentrifuge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultracentrifuge. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ultracentrifuge,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultracentrifuge.
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