centrifuge

• As he piles one wonder atop another he swings the reader's mind as though in a centrifuge, and then sends it swirling agreeably off to undreamed-of distant places. —  Asimov'sSF,July2008
• The idea behind the centrifuge was simple enough: Actors moved along the treadmill like hamsters in an exercise wheel with Kubrick's clever photography strengthening the illusion. —  Omni: May 1993
• By spinning the solution in a centrifuge, the rubber separates, forming a liquid that rises to the top.
• In the end, as seismic recorders delivered their findings, a collective sigh of relief might well have risen as it turned out a tectonic churn rather than a centrifuge was responsible for the Persian landmass shaking. —  Latest Articles
• Other lab facilities include the world's most powerful centrifuge, a permafrost tunnel to help engineers figure out how to build in arctic conditions, physical models of inland and coastal areas, shake tables to study how structures will withstand earthquakes, vehicle simulators that can simulate years of road deterioration in a few months, chemistry laboratories, frost and ice engineering facilities and an 1,800-foot coastal research pier. —  Hardest Tech-Support Job on Earth

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