Overlayered

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a layer added on top not-comparable

    "The supernatant, containing the lipid droplets, was adjusted to 20% sucrose and overlayered with 5% sucrose, and HLM. Lipid droplets were floated to the top of the discontinuous sucrose gradient using a Beckman SW40 rotor (28,000 rpm, 30 min) and recovered by tube slicing."

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"The supernatant, containing the lipid droplets, was adjusted to 20% sucrose and overlayered with 5% sucrose, and HLM. Lipid droplets were floated to the top of the discontinuous sucrose gradient using a Beckman SW40 rotor (28,000 rpm, 30 min) and recovered by tube slicing."

Etymology

From over- + layered.

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