Usually means: Machine that separates using rotation.
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  1. centrifuge: Merriam-Webster
  2. centrifuge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. centrifuge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. centrifuge: Collins English Dictionary
  5. centrifuge: Vocabulary.com
  6. Centrifuge, centrifuge: Wordnik
  7. centrifuge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. centrifuge: Wiktionary
  9. centrifuge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. centrifuge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. centrifuge: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. centrifuge: Dictionary.com
  13. Centrifuge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. centrifuge: Rhymezone
  15. centrifuge (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. centrifuge: FreeDictionary.org
  17. centrifuge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. centrifuge: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. centrifuge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. centrifuge: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. centrifuge: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. centrifuge: Medical dictionary

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  2. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See centrifuged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
noun:  (figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
noun:  By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)
verb:  To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.

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