supernatant

Adjective

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

Translations

 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:, sobrenadante
 * Spanish:, sobrenadante

Noun

 * 1) The liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate; supernate
 * 2) Material that floats on the surface of a liquid

Related terms

 * immunosupernatant