cover slip

noun

1. Microscopy. cover glass.

cover slip

noun

1. a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope

Word History and Origins

Origin of cover slip¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

To observe the granules’ movements, Brangwynne squeezed worm gonads that harbor the structures between two microscope cover slips.

From Science Magazine

He and his colleagues removed the organs of Corti, home of the hair bundles, from the ears of mouse pups, and cultured them on microscope-slide cover slips.

From Economist

From then on, she had to wear socks and long pants to bed under her nightgown -- even in the summer -- lest the bed cover slip off and expose here bare skin to her stepfather.

From Salon

The thread is mounted beneath a cover slip, and a drop of the stained glycerine allowed to run in.

From Project Gutenberg

I then separated the ether carefully from the rest of the blood mixture and put a few drops of it on a slide, covered them with a cover slip and sealed the edges with balsam.

From Project Gutenberg