cover glass
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cover glass
n.
1. See cover slip.
2. A protective sheet of glass for a transparency.
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cover glass
n
(Photography) a thin square of mounted glass used to protect a photographic slide
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cov′er glass`
n.
a thin, round or square piece of glass used to cover an object mounted on a slide for microscopic observation. Also called cov′er slip`.
[1880–85]
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Noun | 1. | cover glass - a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide plate glass, sheet glass - glass formed into large thin sheets microscope slide, slide - a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study |
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