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Definition of Centrifugate
1. Verb. Rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids.
Specialized synonyms: Ultracentrifuge
Generic synonyms: Spin
Derivative terms: Centrifuge, Centrifugation, Centrifuge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centrifugate
Literary usage of Centrifugate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"After standing 3 or 4 hours, centrifugate for 10 minutes at about 1500 rpm and
... centrifugate 5 minutes and pour off the wash fluid, wash a second time in ..."
2. Essentials of Laboratory Diagnosis: Designed for Students and Practitioners by Francis Ashley Faught (1912)
"... again centrifugate, collect the precipitate on a perfectly clean slide, dry,
fix, and stain for five or ten minutes with cold carbol-fuchsin ; wash in ..."
3. A Manual of Laboratory Methods by Edward Mentor Perdue (1909)
"2 centrifugate thoroughly. 3 Pour off urine and add water. 4 centrifugate again.
5 Pour off and add alcohol. 6 centrifugate again, and pour off alcohol. ..."
4. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"Acidify 10 cc of urine with hydrochloric acid, add phosphotungstic acid until no
more precipitate forms and centrifugate' the solution. ..."
5. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1894)
"Anyone who has taken the trouble to make the simplest sort of test with milk, to
centrifugate and examine impurities, will come to the conclusion that the ..."
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