supernatant
noun
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L328822 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L340950 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English natant English supernatant From super- + natant.
- Lying or floating above a denser fluid, or above a solid sediment or precipitate (which has been separated by crystallisation, centrifugation etc.).
“There may be a place at some certain latitude between the poles and the line on each side the equator, where the inflammable supernatant atmosphere may end, owing to the greater centrifugal force of the heavier aerial atmosphere.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English natant English supernatant From super- + natant.
- The liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate.
- Material that floats on the surface of a liquid.