ultracentrifuge
noun, verb
ultracentrifuge is a noun meaning “A high-speed centrifuge, especially one free from convection that is used to separate colloidal particles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-L-T-R-A-C-E-N-T-R-I-F-U-G-E, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ultracentrifuge is ultracentrifuges.
What does ultracentrifuge mean?
noun
- 1
A high-speed centrifuge, especially one free from convection that is used to separate colloidal particles.
verb
- 1
To submit a material to ultracentrifugation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ultracentrifuge
- ultracentrifuges plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ultracentrifuging participle, present
- ultracentrifuged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ultracentrifuge?
Ultracentrifuge appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ultracentrifuge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | ultracentrífuga, ultracentrifugadora |
| Spanish | ultracentrífuga, ultracentrifugadora, ultracentrifugar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ultracentrifuge come from?
From ultra- + centrifuge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).