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Preferred term

centrifugation

Definition

  • [NCIT] A process where a rotating machine exposes a specimen to centrifugal force. This process can be used to remove moisture from a specimen, to subject an organism to increased gravitational forces, or to separate the components of heterogeneous mixtures based on density differences.

Broader concept

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • الطرد المركزي

Bulgarian

  • Центрофугиране

Croatian

  • centrifugiranje

Czech

  • odstřeďování

Danish

  • centrifugering

Dutch

  • centrifugering

Estonian

  • tsentrifuugimine

Finnish

  • linkoaminen

French

  • centrifugation

German

  • Zentrifugation

Greek

  • φυγοκέντριση

Hungarian

  • centrifugálás

Italian

  • centrifugazione

Latvian

  • centrifugēšana

Lithuanian

  • centrifūgavimas

Norwegian

  • sentrifugering

Polish

  • odwirowywanie

Portuguese

  • centrifugação

Romanian

  • centrifugare

Slovak

  • odstreďovanie

Slovenian

  • centrifugiranje

Spanish

  • cetrifugado (proceso)

Swedish

  • centrifugering

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20026

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