'Centrifugal filter' definitions:

Definition of 'Centrifugal filter'

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  • Centrifugal filter \Cen*trif"u*gal fil"ter\ A filter, as for sugar, in which a cylinder with a porous or foraminous periphery is rapidly rotated so as to drive off liquid by centrifugal action. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]