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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cover slip1

First recorded in 1850–55

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