Usually means: Machines that separate using rotation.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. centrifuges: Merriam-Webster
  2. centrifuges: Collins English Dictionary
  3. centrifuges: Vocabulary.com
  4. Centrifuges, centrifuges: Wordnik
  5. centrifuges: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. centrifuges: Wiktionary
  7. centrifuges: Dictionary.com
  8. Centrifuges: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. centrifuges: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. centrifuges: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. centrifuges: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. centrifuges: Medical dictionary

(Note: See centrifuge as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (centrifuge)

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.
▸ Also see centrifuge


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