centrifuge

Other forms of centrifuge

plural

centrifuges·

past tense

centrifuged·

present participle

centrifuging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about centrifuge

What does centrifuge mean?

centrifuge means "an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in centrifuge?

centrifuge has 3 syllables: cen-tri-fuge. The stress falls on "cen". In IPA it is /ˈsɛntɹəˌfjudʒ/.

What is another word for centrifuge?

Close synonyms include extractor, separator, centrifugate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is centrifuge a common word?

centrifuge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with centrifuge?

1 word rhymes with centrifuge. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.