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