单词 | centrifuge |
释义 | centrifugeadj.n. = centrifugal adj. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > moving away from a centre radiating1665 centrifugous1702 centrifuge1719 centrifugal1771 1719 Tauronomachia 4 Some [atoms], tho' immensely large and huge, Were Naturally Centrifuge. 1738 C. Forman tr. J.-P. de Crousaz Comm. Pope's Four Ethic Epist. 65 Those Alterations and Restorations have been explained by the constant Laws of Attraction, or Pressure, and Centrifuge and Centripete Force [Fr. des forces centrifuges & centripetes]. 1801 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting I. iii. 106 The projectile and centrifuge qualities of the system. B. n. ΚΠ 1823 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. 5076 It would..shrink inward, if so it might itself remain the One, by recoiling from the One—& find a center by centrifuge. 2. a. A machine designed to rotate a thing or substance rapidly around a fixed axis; spec. such a machine used to separate the constituent parts of a suspension or mixture. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > separating apparatus separatory1706 centrifugal1813 centrifuge1866 separator1881 cyclone1898 elutriator1904 microcentrifuge1937 hydro-cyclone1952 sedimenter1962 hydroclone1965 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cream > cream-separator pancheon1601 creamer1858 centrifuge1866 milk separator1869 cream-separator1884 separator1884 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [noun] > acetimetry > centrifugation > apparatus gasometer1790 centrifuge1866 azotometer1876 bottle shaker1891 gas centrifuge1919 microcentrifuge1937 1866 Eng. Mechanic 6 July 305/1 The liquid is allowed to settle, or it is passed through a centrifuge. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Sept. 2/2 Two of the Danish centrifuges, which have a rotary motion equal to 4,000 revolutions a minute. They..effect an instantaneous partition of the cream from the milk. 1935 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 118/3 Now it goes to the centrifuges, which are big, hollow cylinders, spinning like giant tops, 1,250 revolutions per minute. 1969 Listener 5 June 774/1 It might be possible to separate fissile uranium from the non-fissile variety in which it is naturally mixed by the use of centrifuges—rapidly spinning cylinders containing the gas uranium fluoride. 2013 M. Mulder Pedal It! 41 The centrifuge spins the sample around so fast that the blood separates into a liquid part and a more solid part. b. An apparatus in which people or animals can be rotated rapidly around a fixed axis, esp. in order to simulate gravitational forces experienced during the launch of a spacecraft. ΚΠ 1944 Xenia (Ohio) Evening Gaz. 24 July The aero medical laboratory here has constructed a huge ‘human centrifuge’ consisting of an electrically-powered forty-two foot beam which revolves in a specially constructed room. 1960 Sight & Sound Spring 65/2 Take a look at the boy whirling round in the amusement park centrifuge, robbed of all relationship to the true centre of things. 1992 J. Meek Last Orders 92 Simpler to lock him up in a large institution behind barbed wire and..strap him into a centrifuge and birl him round at high speeds. 2007 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 1 July (Travel) 6 This space simulator spins riders in a centrifuge that subjects them to twice the normal force of gravity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). centrifugev.ΚΠ 1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm xix. 123 Those Bodies, that by reason of a violent Motion are said to Centrifuge. 2. transitive. To subject to the action of a centrifuge; to separate from a suspension or mixture by means of a centrifuge. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to centrifugal action centrifugalize1870 centrifugate1871 centrifuge1883 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > analyse chemically [verb (transitive)] > by process of specific types of chemical analysis > subject to centrifugation centrifuge1883 1883 Consular Rep. Commerce Nov. 146 One of the samples was centrifuged immediately. 1937 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 123 288 Wyckoff and Corey..have confirmed the fact that it is possible to centrifuge the virus out of clarified sap. 1955 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 42 114/2 It is very easy to demonstrate these free nuclei in the embryo sac by centrifuging the liquid and examining the sediments. 2008 A. M. Robertson et al. in G. P. Galdi et al. Hemodynamical Flows ii. 67 The volume concentration..is measured by centrifuging blood in a hematocrit tube and measuring the volume occupied by the packed cells in the bottom of the tube. Derivatives ˈcentrifuged adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [adjective] > of specific types > having undergone centrifugation centrifuged1880 1880 Rep. Consuls U.S. on Commerce (U.S. Dept. of State) No. 2. 80 It was preferable..to allow the centrifuged cream and likewise the tub cream..to be cooled with ice. 1953 R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. XI. 822 Creamed latex of commerce is usually at a much higher solids concentration than centrifuged latex. 2008 G. Davis & M. Hall Makeup Artist Handbk. xi. 202/1 Remember that the centrifuged rubber has been exposed to heat for hours. ˈcentrifuging n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [noun] > acetimetry > centrifugation centrifuging1881 centrifugation1886 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > subjecting to centrifugal action centrifuging1881 centrifugation1886 centrifugalization1887 1881 J. Frankel Pract. Treat. Manuf. Starch ii. ii. 254 See also method of centrifuging, previously described. 1908 Jrnl. Trop. Vet. Sci. 3 399 He was able to demonstrate lateral cilia by Zettnow's method, but considers them to be the artificial result of the numerous washings, centrifugings, etc., involved in the method. 2007 How it Wks. 16 2297/1 The syrup is removed by centrifuging, and the affined sugar is melted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1719v.1705 |
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