[cen.tri.fuge] n [F, fr. centrifuge centrifugal, fr. NL centrifugus] (1887): a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects
[2]centrifuge vt -fuged ; -fug.ing (ca. 1895): to subject to centrifugal action esp. in a centrifuge