Centrifugal pump
noun
a pump having a high-speed rotating impeller whose blades throw the water outwards
Historical Examples
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pot spinning. the spinning of rayon filaments in a centrifugal box.
- Centrifugal
moving or directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal). pertaining to or operated by centrifugal force: a centrifugal pump. Physiology. efferent. Machinery. a machine for separating different materials by centrifugal force; a centrifuge. a rotating, perforated drum holding the materials to be separated in such a machine. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples adjective acting, moving, […]
- Centrifugalize
centrifuge (def 2). Historical Examples
- Centrifugate
the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- Centrifuge
an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream. Also, centrifugalize. to subject to the action of a centrifuge. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples noun any of various rotating machines that separate liquids from solids or dispersions of one liquid in another, by the action […]