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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To drive from the center or from the circumference; specifically, to expose to centrifugal action in a centrifuge.
  • To fly off from the center; scatter or disperse in all directions.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb to drive out; to subject to the action of a centrifuge.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids

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