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ultracentrifuge definition

ultra·cen·tri·fuge (ul′trə sen′trə fyo̵̅o̅j′)

noun

a high-speed centrifuge for segregating microscopic and submicroscopic materials to determine the sizes and molecular weights of colloidal and other small particles

transitive verb ultracentrifuged -·fuged′, ultracentrifuging -·fug′·ing

to subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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