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Centrifuged vs Pellet - What's the difference?

centrifuged | pellet |

As verbs the difference between centrifuged and pellet

is that centrifuged is past tense of centrifuge while pellet is to form into pellets.

As a noun pellet is

a small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

centrifuged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (centrifuge)

    • centrifuge

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia centrifuge) (en noun)
  • A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
  • (figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.

    • Derived terms

    * gas centrifuge * ultracentrifuge

    Related terms

    * centrifugal force

    Verb

  • To rotate something in a centrifuge in order to separate its constituents

    • pellet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
    • a pellet of wood, paper, or ore
  • A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
  • Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
  • (heraldiccharge) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form into pellets
  • To strike with pellets

    • Synonyms

    *(to form into pellets) pelletize ----