- (n.) The liquid remaining after solids suspended in the liquid have been sedimented by gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid sediment or (in centrifugation) the pellet.
- (a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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