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Supernatant
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Supernatant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/supernatant.html. 1828.