- 1. a. Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: opted
- 3. adj. of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate Source: wordnet
- 4. n. the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate Source: wordnet
- 5. Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water. SUPERNATANT Su`per*na"tant, n. (Chem.) The liquid remaining after solids suspended in a liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid sediment, or (in centrifugation) the pellet. Source: webster
- 6. Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant onwater. SUPERNATANTSu`per*na"tant, n. (Chem.) Source: adambom
- 7. n:100 n. the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate s. of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate Source: ecdict
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