Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supernatant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-natant
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

noun

Material that floats on the surface of a liquid.

Example Sentences

"There may be a place at some certain latitude between the poles and the line on each side the equator, where the inflammable supernatant atmosphere may end, owing to the greater centrifugal force of the heavier aerial atmosphere."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English natant English supernatant From super- + natant.

Inflected Forms

supernatants (plural)

Derived Forms

cryosupernatant ultrasupernatant

Frequently Paired Words

immunosupernatant surnatant

Synonyms

supernate

Antonyms

infranatant

Questions

What does supernatant mean?: Lying or floating above a denser fluid, or above a solid sediment or precipitate (which has been separated by crystallisation, centrifugation etc.).
Where does supernatant come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English natant English supernatant From super- + natant.

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