See Also: chetrum(dictionary)

centrifuge (iou) and chetrum (iou)


centrifuge (iou)



centrifuge adjective, noun, & verb. E18.
[French, from mod. Latin centrifugus CENTRIFUGAL.]
A. adjective. = CENTRIFUGAL adjective 1. E18-E19.
b. noun. A centrifugal machine; esp. a device for effecting separation, usu. of one liquid from another or of a solid from a liquid, by rapid rotation. L19.
C. verb trans. Subject to centrifugal motion; separate by means of a centrifuge. E20.
cen'trifugate noun material separated using a centrifuge E20.

chetrum (iou)



chetrum noun. Pl. same, -s. L20.
[Dzongkha.]
A monetary unit of Bhutan, equal to one-hundredth of a ngultrum.