n. A high-speed centrifuge, especially one free from convection that is used to separate colloidal particles.
v. To submit a material to ultracentrifugation
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n. a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins
v. subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge
Word Usage
"Plenty of opportunity for sight gags, such as an unbalanced ultracentrifuge “walking” through a wall or the noob grad student accidentally setting her bench on fire."