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COVER GLASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cover glass mean?
• COVER GLASS (noun)
The noun COVER GLASS has 1 sense:
1. a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide
Familiarity information: COVER GLASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cover glass; cover slip
Hypernyms ("cover glass" is a kind of...):
plate glass; sheet glass (glass formed into large thin sheets)
Holonyms ("cover glass" is a part of...):
microscope slide; slide (a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)
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