microcentrifuge
microcentrifuge noun: a centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
Noun
microcentrifuge (plural microcentrifuges)
- A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
Verb
microcentrifuge (third-person singular simple present microcentrifuges, present participle microcentrifuging, simple past and past participle microcentrifuged)
- To centrifuge in such a device.
- Cell suspensions in RNAlater were microcentrifuged for one minute at 20,000 × g, and the pellets were re-suspended in the kit-provided buffer RLT.2016 February 4, “Use of De Novo Transcriptome Libraries to Characterize a Novel Oleaginous Marine Chlorella Species during the Accumulation of Triacylglycerols”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Forms of microcentrifuge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | microcentrifuges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | microcentrifuges |
| present participle | microcentrifuging |
| past participle | microcentrifuged |
| past | microcentrifuged |
Origin of microcentrifuge
From micro- + centrifuge.
Questions about microcentrifuge
- What does microcentrifuge mean?
- Microcentrifuge means a centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- What part of speech is microcentrifuge?
- Microcentrifuge can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of microcentrifuge?
- The plural of microcentrifuge is microcentrifuges.
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