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A high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins
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ultracentrifuge
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
centrifuge \centrifuge\ n. an apparatus having containers for liquids arrayed around a central pivot and rotated at a high speed, thus generating centrifugal force on the liquid, and separating substances (such as particles of solid or globules of an immiscible ...
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The ultracentrifuge is a centrifuge optimized for spinning a rotor at very high speeds, capable of generating acceleration as high as (approx. ). There are two kinds of ultracentrifuges, the preparative and the analytical ultracentrifuge. Both classes of ...
WordNet
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n. a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins v. subject to the action of an ultracentrigue
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A high-speed centrifuge, especially one free from convection that is used to separate colloidal particles. vb. To submit a material to ultracentrifugation
Usage examples of ultracentrifuge.
Lars recognized the ultracentrifuge blocked in against the bulkhead, saw the tiers of incubators, the agitators and water-baths, the cartons of pipettes and reagents still unopened, but secured tightly for blastoff.
Over the weekend his barrage of ultracentrifuges at the laboratory ought to yield enough material to reach some final conclusions.
No electron microscopes, no ultracentrifuges, no microsurgery equipment—nothing but early twentieth-century stuff: optical microscopes and Bunsen burners, the kinds of things you buy kids for Christmas.