Centrifuge (Verb)
Meaning
Rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- We added liquid to the container and then spun it to centrifuge the mixture into its constituent parts.
- She carefully poured the blood sample into the machine so it could centrifuge the cells from the plasma.
- The scientist carefully centrifuged the soil sample to isolate its minerals and microorganisms.
- The lab technician added the specimen to the centrifuge and instructed it to spin until the liquids were separated from the solids.
- In a complex procedure, the extract was then mixed and centrifuged to separate the solute from its solvent.