遠えん沈ちん

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

sediment; centrifuge

Technical term used in chemistry and biology. As a noun, it refers to sediment or precipitate obtained by centrifugation. As a suru-verb, it means to centrifuge or to separate by centrifugation.

遠えん沈ちん管かんにサンプルを入いれて遠えん沈ちんする。
Put the sample in a centrifuge tube and centrifuge it.
遠えん沈ちん

に

よっ

て

得え

られ

た

沈ちん

殿でん

物ぶつ

を

分ぶん

析せき

し

た

。

We analyzed the sediment obtained by centrifugation.

Kanji

遠distant, far
沈sink, be submerged, subside

Similar words

遠えん心しん分ぶん離り
遠心分離 is the more common and general term for centrifugation. 遠沈 is a shorter, more specialized term often used in laboratory contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 遠 (far, distant) and 沈 (sink, precipitate). The exact derivation is uncertain; it likely arose as a technical abbreviation in scientific contexts.