supernatant
Meanings
adj
- Lying or floating above a denser fluid, or above a solid sediment or precipitate (which has been separated by crystallisation, centrifugation etc.).
noun
- The liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate.
- Material that floats on the surface of a liquid.
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Etymology
From super- + natant.
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