- an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- to subject to the action of a centrifuge.
- any of various rotating machines that separate liquids from solids or dispersions of one liquid in another, by the action of centrifugal force
- any of various rotating devices for subjecting human beings or animals to varying accelerations for experimental purposes
- to subject to the action of a centrifuge