centrifugate
English
editEtymology
editcentrifuge + -ate
Noun
editcentrifugate (plural centrifugates)
- The thicker product obtained from separation in a centrifuge.
Antonyms
editVerb
editcentrifugate (third-person singular simple present centrifugates, present participle centrifugating, simple past and past participle centrifugated)
- (transitive, rare) To separate using centrifugation.
- 1937, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). College of Medicine. Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Collected Studies from the Dept. of Physiological Chemistry (page 33)
- The antigenic aluminum hydroxide is made in the following manner: The antigenic solution is treated with enough aluminum hydroxide to precipitate all the protein. The mixture is then shaken thoroughly and centrifugated.
- 1937, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). College of Medicine. Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Collected Studies from the Dept. of Physiological Chemistry (page 33)
Usage notes
editIt is much more common to described something as being centrifuged rather than centrifugated.
Derived terms
editItalian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editcentrifugate
- inflection of centrifugare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editcentrifugate f pl
Spanish
editVerb
editcentrifugate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of centrifugar combined with te