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supernatant


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supernatant  \Su`per*na"tant\,  a.  [L.  supernatanus  p.  pr  of 
  supernatare  to  swim  above;  super  above  +  natare  to  swim.] 
  Swimming  above;  floating  on  the  surface;  as  oil  supernatant 
  on  water. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supernatant 
  adj  :  (chemistry)  of  a  liquid;  floating  on  the  surface  above  a 
  sediment  or  precipitate;  "the  supernatant  fat  was 
  skimmed  off" 
  n  :  a  liquid  lying  above  a  sediment  (floating  on  the  surface) 




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