cover glass


noun
  1. a thin, round or square piece of glass used to cover an object mounted on a slide for microscopic observation.

Origin of cover glass

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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British Dictionary definitions for cover glass

cover glass

noun
  1. a thin square of mounted glass used to protect a photographic slide

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