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supernatant

supernatant adjective: lying or floating above a denser fluid, or above a solid sediment or precipitate (which has been separated by crystallisation, centrifugation etc.).

Adjective

supernatant (not comparable)

  1. 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.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 11

Noun

supernatant (plural supernatants)

  1. The liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate.
    Synonyms:
    supernate
  2. Material that floats on the surface of a liquid.

supernatant meaning in Tamil

supernatant in Tamil

தெளிந்த பாய்மம், தௌந்த நீர்மம், மேற்பரப்பின்மிதக்கின்ற

Examples of supernatant in a sentence

  • In some instances, peculiar to the proportions present, some supernatant liquid will be present.
  • Effect of actinomycin on thymidylic kinase activities of 24-hour regenerating liver supernatant fluid.
  • The supernatant, containing the lipid droplets, was adjusted to 20% sucrose and overlayered with 5% sucrose, and HLM.

All 11 example sentences with supernatant

Synonyms of supernatant

Antonyms

Forms of supernatant

pluralsupernatants

Origin of supernatant

From super- + natant.

Words formed from supernatant

Questions about supernatant

What does supernatant mean?
Supernatant means lying or floating above a denser fluid, or above a solid sediment or precipitate (which has been separated by crystallisation, centrifugation etc.).
What is supernatant in Tamil?
Supernatant in Tamil is தெளிந்த பாய்மம், தௌந்த நீர்மம், மேற்பரப்பின்மிதக்கின்ற. See Supernatant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is supernatant?
Supernatant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near supernatant in the dictionary

  1. supernally
  2. supernannies
  3. supernanny
  4. supernarrow
  5. supernatancy
  6. supernatant
  7. supernatantly
  8. supernatants
  9. supernatation
  10. supernate
  11. supernated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supernatant (page history and authors); supernatant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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