centrifugation en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English centrifuge Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English centrifugation From centrifuge + -ation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
“Was the RNA degraded in the centrifugation step?”
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 339:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| centrifugations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
recentrifugation · postcentrifugation · centrifugational · ultracentrifugation · microcentrifugation · cytocentrifugation · cryocentrifugation
Translations (9)
ms pengemparan (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force) · id sentrifugasi (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force) · ga lártheifneoiriúchán (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force) · ga lártheifneoiriú (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force) · ja 遠心分離 (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force) · cmn 離心分離 /离心分离 (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force) · ru центрифугирование (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force) · gl centrifugación (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force) · it centrifugazione (process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force)