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centrifugation

centrifugation noun: the process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.

Noun

centrifugation (countable and uncountable, plural centrifugations)

  1. 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

centrifugation meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

centrifugation in Tamil

மைய விலக்கல்

centrifugation in Malay

process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
pengemparan

centrifugation in Indonesian

process in which mixtures are separated using centripetal force
sentrifugasi

Forms of centrifugation

pluralcentrifugations

Origin of centrifugation

From centrifuge + -ation.

Words formed from centrifugation

Questions about centrifugation

What does centrifugation mean?
Centrifugation means the process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
What is centrifugation in Tamil?
Centrifugation in Tamil is மைய விலக்கல். See Centrifugation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is centrifugation?
Centrifugation is a noun.
What is the plural of centrifugation?
The plural of centrifugation is centrifugations.

Words near centrifugation in the dictionary

  1. centrifugals
  2. centrifugate
  3. centrifugated
  4. centrifugates
  5. centrifugating
  6. centrifugation
  7. centrifugational
  8. centrifugationally
  9. centrifugations
  10. centrifuge
  11. centrifugeable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centrifugation (page history and authors); centrifugation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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