cover glass
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noun
a thin, round or square piece of glass used to cover an object mounted on a slide for microscopic observation.
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Also called cover slip.
Origin of cover glass
First recorded in 1880–85
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British Dictionary definitions for cover glass
cover glass
noun
a thin square of mounted glass used to protect a photographic slide
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