Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate;
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of a liquid;
floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate;
- Example: "the supernatant fat was skimmed off"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
supernatant
adj 1: of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or
precipitate; "the supernatant fat was skimmed off"
n 1: the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate