Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Supernatant

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Supernatant


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(1):

(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.

(2):

(a.) Swimming above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.