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

This burns off the remainder of the alcohol, and the cover-slip so "flamed" is now clean, dry, and sterile.

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Place a drop of water on the centre of the cover-slip by means of the platinum loop.

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"Flame" a cover-slip and place it on the filter paper by the side of the hanging-drop slide.

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Press the cover-slip firmly down into the vaseline on to the top of the ring cell.

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Stain, wash, dry, and mount as for an ordinary cover-slip film preparation (vide pages 83-85).

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