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Meaning of 'supernatant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Supernatant [ a.]
- Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.
2 . Supernatant [ n.]
- The liquid remaining after solids suspended in the liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid sediment, or (in centrifugation) the pellet.

Meaning of 'supernatant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . supernatant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate
Example in sentence:
  • the supernatant fat was skimmed off

Nearby Words:

sup supawn supe super super- superable superabound superabundance superabundant superacidulated

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