supernatant

supernatant antonyms

infranatant compare supernatant and infranatant
weighted compare supernatant and weighted
heavy compare supernatant and heavy

supernatant definitions

adj

  • Lying or floating above a denser fluid, or above a solid sediment or precipitate (which has been separated by crystallisation, centrifugation etc.). 

noun

  • The liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate; supernate 

  • Material that floats on the surface of a liquid