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1. (adj.) supernatant
floating above or on the surface.
Etymology: (1655–65; < L supernatant-, s. of supernatāns, prp. of supernatāre to swim above. See super -, natant)
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1. (adj) supernatant
the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate
2. (adj) supernatant
of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate
"the supernatant fat was skimmed off"
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1. (adj) supernatant
swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water
2. (noun) supernatant
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
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