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CENTRIFUGE [4 records]

Record 1 2003-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Brewing and Malting
DEF

A high speed rotating machine used to separate substances having different densities such as liquid-liquid or liquid-solid dispersions.

CONT

Some brewers agitate the beer in cylindrical fermenters, which enables them to ferment the beer faster and then separate out the yeast by centrifuge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Brasserie et malterie
DEF

Machine destinée à réaliser par centrifugation, la séparation de deux liquides en émulsion, d'un liquide et des particules solides qui y sont suspendues, de suspensions colloïdales etc.

DEF

Appareil à rotation très rapide permettant d'extraire les résidus en suspension dont la levure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo (Química)
  • Fabricación de cerveza y malta
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Record 2 2001-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
DEF

A force in a direction from the centre outward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
OBS

Force qui tend à pousser loin du centre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mecánica general (Física)
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Record 3 2001-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
DEF

Progressing or developing outward from the center or axis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
DEF

[Se dit d'une] inflorescence dans laquelle l'épanouissement des fleurs part du centre et s'étend jusqu'à la circonférence.

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seeding and Planting Equipment
OBS

e.g. broadcast seeder or spreader.

OBS

broadcast: to sow seed in all directions by scattering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de plantation et de semis
OBS

p. ex. semoir, épandeur d'engrais à la volée.

Spanish

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