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Noun: cover glass  kú-vu(r) glãs
  1. A small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide
    "The lab technician carefully placed the cover glass over the sample";
    - cover slip

Derived forms: cover glasses

Type of: plate glass, sheet glass

Part of: microscope slide, slide

Encyclopedia: Cover glass