supernatant
- Adjective. (context, of a liquid) Lying above a sediment or precipitate.
- Adjective. Floating on the surface of a liquid.
- Noun. The liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate; supernate.
- Noun. Material that floats on the surface of a liquid.
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