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farsang (iou) and centrifuge (iou)


farsang (iou)



farsang noun. E17.
[Persian, rel. to PARASANG.]
An Iranian (Persian) unit of distance now equal to 6km (3.7 miles).

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.