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Definition: Supernatant |
SupernatantAdjective1. (chemistry) of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate; "the supernatant fat was skimmed off". Noun1. A liquid lying above a sediment (floating on the surface). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Supernatant \Su`per*na"tant\, adjective. [Latin expression supernatanus, present participle of supernatare to swim above; super above natare to swim.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Floating on the surface; often used to describe the liquid above a precipitate or solid. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ascent | Adjective: rising; Verb: scandent, buoyant; supernatant, superfluitant; excelsior. |
Height | Overhanging; Verb:; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed; prominent; c. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Supernatant |
| Specialty definitions using "supernatant": mudline ♦ Nonsuppressible Insulin-Like Activity. (references) |
| "Supernatant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.61% of the time. "Supernatant" is used about 92 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 82.61% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 17.39% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 92 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
supernatant | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "supernatant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pluskues (awash, buoyant, float, floatable, floating), notues (ball cock, buoyant, floatable, floater, floaty, natatorial, natatory, water borne). (various references) | |
Chinese | 浮在表层. (various references) | |
Danish | supernatant (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), vædskelag på overfladen (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), ovenstående væske (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), flyder (float, float lever, floater). (various references) | |
Dutch | supernatant (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), supernagens (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), bovendrijvende vloeistof (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor). (various references) | |
Finnish | lietevesi (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), laskeutetun lietteen yläpuolinen vesikerros (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor). (various references) | |
French | surnageant (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), liquide surnageant (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor). (various references) | |
German | darüberstehend, Überstandwasser (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), an der Oberfläche schwimmend, überstehend (overcoming). (various references) | |
Greek | υπερκείμενο υγρό (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felülúszó folyadék, anyalúg (spent liquor, spent lye). (various references) | |
Italian | surnatante (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), Supernatante, liquido surnatante (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | upernatantsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | super-flutuante, sobrenadante (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), líquido sobrenadante (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), flutuante (afloat, awash, buoyant, floating, flowing, flying, unfunded, wavy). (various references) | |
Russian | всплывающий. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | koji pluta. (various references) | |
Spanish | sobrenadante, sobrenadando, líquido sobrenadante (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor), flotante (adrift, afloat, aloft, ambulant, braggart, buoyant, floating, loose). (various references) | |
Swedish | slamvatten (supernatant liquor, supernate, supernate liquor). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | що сплива". (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nổi trên mặt. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "supernatant": supernatants. (additional references) | |
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"Supernatant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: supernatent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "supernatant" (pronounced 'Su`per*na"tant'): Amplectant, Blatant, Flotant, Gestant, humectant, important, Montant, Natant, Nutant, Octant, Pregustant, reluctant, Remontant, Reptant, Restant, Saltant, Sectant, self-important, sextant, Spectant, statant. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-n-n-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: antepast, entrants, nauseant, patterns, saturant, saturate, tannates, taunters, transept, trapnest, tuateras, upstater. | |
-4 letters: anapest, annates, anurans, arpents, attunes, entrant, entraps, entrust, natters, natures, nutates, nutters, parents, partans, pastern, pasture, patents, pattens, pattern, patters, peanuts, peasant, punners, punnets, punster, punters, puranas, putters, rattans, rattens, reptant, saunter, spanner, spartan, spatter, sputter, startup, stature, stunner. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-n-n-p-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: appurtenants, supernatants. | |
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