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Definition of Cover slip

1. Noun. A small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide.

Definition of Cover slip

1. Noun. A square or circular piece of glass that covers the specimen on a microscope slide ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cover Slip

Literary usage of Cover slip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"Never use more than one cover-slip on a single ... Pressure should never lie laid on the cover-slip, ..."

2. The Principles of Bacteriology: A Practical Manual for Students and Physicians by Alexander Crever Abbott (1915)
"The ordinary method of cover-slip examination of bacteria, constantly in use in these studies, is performed in the following way: ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"If the cover-slip is supported just out of contact with the metal, ... As the distance between the cover-slip and the foil is increased the halo widens and ..."

4. A Text-book of histology by Alexander A.. Böhm, M. von Davidoff, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1900)
"The oil used for this purpose should be wiped away from the cover-slip after ... This can only be done, without moving the cover-slip, when the balsam is ..."

5. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"Flame a cover-slip and place it on the filter paper on which rests the hanging- drop slide. 3. Place a drop of water on the center of the cover-glass by ..."

6. The Indian Policy of the United States on the Southwestern Frontier, 1830 by Joseph Abner Hill, Philip Hanson Hiss, Hans Zinsser (1914)
"A sterile cover-slip is then dropped upon the surface of the FIG. H.—HANGING DHOP PREPARATION. block and sealed about the edges with agar. ..."

7. A Text-book of Bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Philip Hanson Hiss, Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1918)
"A sterile cover-slip is then dropped upon the surface of the FIG. ... Block and cover-slip are then taken from the slide and fastened over a moist chamber ..."

8. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"Never use more than one cover-slip on a single ... Pressure should never lie laid on the cover-slip, ..."

9. The Principles of Bacteriology: A Practical Manual for Students and Physicians by Alexander Crever Abbott (1915)
"The ordinary method of cover-slip examination of bacteria, constantly in use in these studies, is performed in the following way: ..."

10. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"If the cover-slip is supported just out of contact with the metal, ... As the distance between the cover-slip and the foil is increased the halo widens and ..."

11. A Text-book of histology by Alexander A.. Böhm, M. von Davidoff, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1900)
"The oil used for this purpose should be wiped away from the cover-slip after ... This can only be done, without moving the cover-slip, when the balsam is ..."

12. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"Flame a cover-slip and place it on the filter paper on which rests the hanging- drop slide. 3. Place a drop of water on the center of the cover-glass by ..."

13. The Indian Policy of the United States on the Southwestern Frontier, 1830 by Joseph Abner Hill, Philip Hanson Hiss, Hans Zinsser (1914)
"A sterile cover-slip is then dropped upon the surface of the FIG. H.—HANGING DHOP PREPARATION. block and sealed about the edges with agar. ..."

14. A Text-book of Bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Philip Hanson Hiss, Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1918)
"A sterile cover-slip is then dropped upon the surface of the FIG. ... Block and cover-slip are then taken from the slide and fastened over a moist chamber ..."

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