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Definition of: ultracentrifuge
(ul′trə·sen′trə·fy
j) noun
A centrifuge whose rotor, sometimes driven by blasts of hydrogen, will exert a force of about one million times gravity: used for high precision scientific and laboratory work.
—ul′tra·cen′tri·fu·ga′tion (-fy
·gā′shən) noun
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