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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Supernatant

· Su·per·na·tant · IPA
01 a. Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.
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    Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.
02 n. The liquid remaining after solids suspended in the liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid …
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    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.(Chem.)