I. -ˈsen-trə-ˌfyüj noun
Date: 1924
: a high-speed centrifuge able to sediment colloidal and other small particles and used especially in determining sizes of such particles and molecular weights of large molecules
II. transitive verb
Date: 1934
: to subject to an ultracentrifuge
• ul·tra·cen·tri·fu·ga·tion -ˌsen-trə-fyu̇-ˈgā-shən noun