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Meaning of "cover slip" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COVER SLIP

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Cover slip is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COVER SLIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Cover slip

A cover slip, coverslip or cover glass is a thin flat piece of transparent material, usually square or rectangular, about 20 mm wide and a fraction of a millimetre thick, that is placed over objects for viewing with a microscope. The object is usually held between the cover slip and a somewhat thicker microscope slide, which rests on the microscope's stage or slide holder and provides the physical support for the object and slip. The main function of the cover slip is to keep solid specimens pressed flat, and liquid samples shaped into a flat layer of even thickness. This is necessary because high-resolution microscopes have a very narrow region within which they focus. The cover glass often has several other functions. It holds the specimen in place and protects the specimen from dust and accidental contact. It protects the microscope's objective lens from contacting the specimen and vice-versa; in oil immersion microscopy or water immersion microscopy the cover slip prevents contact between the immersion liquid and the specimen. The cover slip can be glued to the slide so as to seal off the specimen, retarding dehydration and oxidation of the specimen.

Definition of cover slip in the English dictionary

The definition of cover slip in the dictionary is a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COVER SLIP

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WORDS THAT END LIKE COVER SLIP

acknowledgment slip
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Freudian slip
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paying-in slip
pink slip
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sales slip
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wage slip
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Synonyms and antonyms of cover slip in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cover slip» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COVER SLIP

Find out the translation of cover slip to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cover slip from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cover slip» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

盖玻片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hoja de la cubierta
570 millions of speakers

English

cover slip
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कवर पर्ची
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زلة تغطية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

покровное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tampa de deslizamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কভার স্লিপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lamelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slip perlindungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Deckglas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カバースリップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

커버 슬립
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slip slip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nắp trượt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவர் ஸ்லிப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कव्हर स्लिप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaykay kapağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vetrino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokrywa poślizgu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

покровное
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lamelă deasupra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καλυπτρίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dekking strokie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

täckglas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dekkglass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cover slip

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COVER SLIP»

The term «cover slip» is regularly used and occupies the 91.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COVER SLIP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cover slip

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COVER SLIP»

Discover the use of cover slip in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cover slip and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Epidermal Cells: Methods and Protocols
Invert the cover slip and gently put the cover slide onto the drop of mounting medium by immersing one edge of the cover slip into the drop and gently lowering it. Avoid air bubbles. 13. Dry for 2 h at room temperature in the dark. 14. Analyze for ...
Kursad Turksen, 2005
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METHODS IN CELL BIOLOGY,VOL 29 CTH: FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY ...
spreading can be induced by treatment of mouse peritoneal macrophages with 10 ng/ml phorbol myristate acetate, a potent tumor promoter (PhaireWashington et al., 1980), or by opsonizing the cover slip with immunoglobulins to induce a ...
D. Lansing Taylor, Yu-Li Wang, 1989
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Laboratory Protocols in Applied Life Sciences
Using a blade, remove the wax of the cover slip, taking care not to allow slipping or moving of the cover slip. 2. Place the slide inverted in 1:1 mixture ofglacial acetic acid and n-butyl alcohol. The slide should rest on a glass rod, and the cover ...
Prakash Singh Bisen, 2014
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Cytoskeleton: Methods and Protocols[
lg or Microinjecting Melanophores drfusion Studies a simple perfusion chamber by using a thin coat of Vaseline to adhere mm pieces of cover slip to the middle of a microscope slide parallel to is, creating an 8-9 mm channel between the cover  ...
Ray H. Gavin, 2001
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Adenovirus Methods and Protocols: Ad Proteins and RNA, ...
For each 12 × 12-mm cover slip, dry down approximately 50 ng of labeled PCR product or oligonucleotide probe in a speed vac (the optimal amount of probe can be determined by titration). Dissolve the probe in hybridization solution (8 μL/  ...
William S. M. Wold, Ann E. Tollefson, 2007
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The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
Use of Cover Slip and Oil Immersion Most objectives are designed for a single object distance, a single image distance, and a particular thickness of glass and mounting medium over the specimen. Optical designers have standardized these  ...
Elaine R. S. Hodges, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (U.S.), 2003
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Marijuana and Cannabinoid Research: Methods and Protocols
Riboprobe hybridization buffer is prepared in quantities required to cover slip all sections during hybridization procedures (based on 50 μL/30-mm cover slip). The concentration of radiolabeled probe is adjusted to yield 1 million cpm per ...
Emmanuel S. Onaivi, 2006
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PRINS and in Situ PCR Protocols
Decide how large a region of the slide is to be used and choose a cover slip and a volume of reaction mixture that fits the area. In general use, 1 μL of mixture for each millimeter in cover slip length. To cover a standard slide completely, ...
Franck Pellestor, 2006
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Atlas of Clinical Avian Hematology
(a) “Wedge” method, (b) “cross” method, (c) “cover-slip and slide” method (all stained by an automated stainer Hematek, Bayer) and (d) “two cover-slip” method , manually stained with Diff Quik (and subsequently mounted on a slide). blood is  ...
Phillip Clark, Wayne Boardman, Shane Raidal, 2009
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Air Pollution: Measuring, Monitoring, and Surveillance of ...
A 2-mm drop of solvent is placed next to the cover slip. A number of solvents will work well, e.g., amyl acetate, benzene, xylene, and H20. Sometimes good results can be obtained without any solvent. The solvent should have a tendency to ...
Arthur C. Stern, 1976

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COVER SLIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cover slip is used in the context of the following news items.
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... Whole Foods' creator John Mackey and Sherry Coutu, a successful British entrepreneur, are signed up with quotes in the front cover slip. «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
A colloidal quantum dot spectrometer
CQD filter arrays were fabricated by tightly printing small drops of CQD/PVB solutions close together onto a glass cover slip with an automatic ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Serum reactome induced by Bordetella pertussis infection and …
... UK) to evenly distribute the dilution over the slide and incubated at +4°C in a humid chamber for 16 hours; after the removal of the cover slip, ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
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E. coli test puts Haines on boil-water notice
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip. (Courtesy National Institute of Allergy ... «KCAW, Jun 15»
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Microwell Device for Single-Cell RNA Capture Shows Potential for …
"We could use fluorescent probes after capturing RNA on the surface of the glass cover slip to quantify certain genes, [or] we could use qPCR. «GenomeWeb, Jun 15»
6
Bladder cells regurgitate bacteria to prevent urinary tract infections
Scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip. Duke Medicine researchers have found that ... «Medical Xpress, May 15»
7
Art and technology battle autism through MSSNG project
As the DNA is dissolved in a high-concentration water-based solution, it is placed on a glass slide with a cover slip. Over the course of several ... «Fox News, May 15»
8
Carnivorous plant adhesive helps cells stick
They observed no cytotoxicity, finding that the cells grew as well on the sundew adhesive as on the bare cover slip, and adhered much better. «Royal Society of Chemistry, May 15»
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BWW Recap: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Relaxes at a Killer B&B
Almost letting his cover slip, Stefan tried to reason with Caroline, but in the end decided to play along and burn the letter in order to keep the ... «Broadway World, Apr 15»
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Gravity: Diamond Luxe Edition (Blu-ray)
... the only bad side is that there's nowhere to stick the removable back cover slip, and the case itself doesn't include any content descriptions. «DVD Talk, Mar 15»

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