centrifuge

UK: /ˈsɛntrɪfjuːdʒ/ US: /ˈsɛntrəˌfjudʒ/ ,(sen′trə fyo̅o̅j′)

Inflections of 'centrifuge' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

centrifuges

v 3rd person singular

centrifuging

v pres p

centrifuged

v past

centrifuged

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

cen•tri•fuge /ˈsɛntrəˌfyudʒ/   n., v., -fuged, -fug•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. Mechanical Engineering a machine that spins at high speed and separates substances of different densities.

v. [~ + object]

2. Physics to put (something) through the action of a centrifuge:
   They centrifuged the blood samples and analyzed them.

See -fug-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cen•tri•fuge  (sen′trə fyo̅o̅j′), n., v., -fuged, -fug•ing. 
n. 

1. Mechanical Engineering an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.

v.t. 

2. Also, centrifugalize. to subject to the action of a centrifuge.

• Neo-Latin centrifugus center-fleeing; see centrifugal
• French, noun, nominal use of centrifuge (adjective, adjectival)
• 1795–1805;

cen•trif•u•ga•tion  (sen trif′yə gā′shən, -trif′ə-), n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

centrifuge / ˈsɛntrɪˌfjuːdʒ/ noun

1. any of various rotating machines that separate liquids from solids or dispersions of one liquid in another, by the action of centrifugal force
2. any of various rotating devices for subjecting human beings or animals to varying accelerations for experimental purposes

verb

1. (transitive) to subject to the action of a centrifuge

centrifugation / ˌsɛntrɪfjʊˈɡeɪʃən/ noun