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centrifuging

centrifuging is the present participle and gerund of centrifuge.

Meaning of centrifuge

Verb

centrifuge (third-person singular simple present centrifuges, present participle centrifuging, simple past and past participle centrifuged)

  1. To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.

See all 4 meanings of centrifuge

Noun

centrifuging (countable and uncountable, plural centrifugings)

  1. The processing of material in a centrifuge.
    • After seven centrifugings and resuspensions, the chloride is reduced to less than 5 mgm. per cent.1938, American Journal of Physiology, volume 122, page 227

Forms of centrifuging

pluralcentrifugings

Questions about centrifuging

What does centrifuging mean?
Centrifuging means the processing of material in a centrifuge.
What is centrifuging the present participle and gerund of?
Centrifuging is the present participle and gerund of centrifuge.
What part of speech is centrifuging?
Centrifuging is a noun.
What is the plural of centrifuging?
The plural of centrifuging is centrifugings.

Words near centrifuging in the dictionary

  1. centrifugeable
  2. centrifuged
  3. centrifugence
  4. centrifugences
  5. centrifuges
  6. centrifuging
  7. centrifugings
  8. centrifusion
  9. centrifusions
  10. centrilobular
  11. centriluminal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centrifuging (page history and authors); centrifuge (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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