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ULTRACENTRIFUGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ultracentrifuge" is a kind of...):
centrifuge; extractor; separator (an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ultracentrifuge ... he / she / it ultracentrifuges
Past simple: ultracentrifuged
Past participle: ultracentrifuged
-ing form: ultracentrifuging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "ultracentrifuge" is one way to...):
centrifugate; centrifuge (rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
ultracentrifugation (centrifugation at very high speeds)
