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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

centrifuge

noun

Definition

a machine that uses spinning to separate substances

In a sentence

The blood sample was placed in the centrifuge.

Similar words

  • separator

Why this word matters: centrifuge appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.