Machine for turning cast figure on coin (10)
I believe the answer is:
centrifuge
'machine for turning' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'cast figure on coin' is the wordplay.
'cast' is an anagram indicator.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'coin' becomes 'cent' (cent is a kind of coin).
'figure' is an anagram of 'rifuge'.
'rifuge' after 'cent' is 'CENTRIFUGE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for centrifuge that I've seen before include "Spinner" , "Rotating machine that separates particles" .)