supernatant

[ soo-per-neyt-nt ]
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adjective
  1. floating above or on the surface.

Origin of supernatant

1
1655–65; <Latin supernatant- (stem of supernatāns), present participle of supernatāre to swim or float above. See super-, natant

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British Dictionary definitions for supernatant

supernatant

/ (ˌsuːpəˈneɪtənt) /


adjective
  1. floating on the surface or over something

  2. chem (of a liquid) lying above a sediment or settled precipitate

Origin of supernatant

1
C17: from Latin supernatāre to float, from super- + natāre to swim

Derived forms of supernatant

  • supernatation, noun

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