Centrifugate (Verb)
Meaning
Rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The biologist carefully added the serum to the tube and prepared to centrifugate it in order to isolate the DNA molecules.
- The process involved centrifugating the cream to separate it from the butterfat.
- To obtain the pure substance, the mixture was centrifugated for 10 minutes at 5000 rpm.
- She spun the samples in the centrifuge to centrifugate them and separate the solid particles from the liquid suspension.
- The dirt and debris were removed from the water sample by centrifugating it at a high speed for several minutes.