solid-wall centrifuge
1centrifuge — centrifugation /sen trif yeuh gay sheuhn, trif euh /, n. /sen treuh fyoohj /, n., v., centrifuged, centrifuging. n. 1. an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream …
2Centrifuge — This article is about the scientific device. For the Christian camp, see Centrifuge (camps). For spin direction in quantum mechanics, see Spin (physics)#Spin direction. A laboratory tabletop centrifuge. A centrifuge is a piece of equipment,… …
3Abdul Qadeer Khan — HI, NI (twice) Abdul Qadeer Khan, 1999. Born 1 April …
4Discovery One — Discovery launching an EVA pod First appearance 2001: A Space Odyssey Affiliation …
5mechanoreception — See mechanoreceptor. * * * Ability to detect and respond to mechanical stimuli in one s environment. A slight deformation of a mechanoreceptive neuron causes an electric charge at its surface, activating a response. Mechanoreceptors in pain spots …
6nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …
7nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
8Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science — School of Engineering and Applied Science redirects here. For other uses, see School of Engineering and Applied Science (disambiguation). Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Established …
9environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
