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coverslip

noun

Etymology

From cover + slip.

  1. derived from *slībaną✻ — “to split”
  2. derived from *slewbʰ-✻ — “slip, slide”
  3. derived from *sleyb-✻ — “slimy; to slide”
  4. derived from *slipjaną✻ — “to glide”
  5. derived from *slippjan✻
  6. derived from *slippian✻
  7. derived from slippen
  8. inherited from slippen
  9. compounded as coverslip — “cover + slip”

Definitions

  1. A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.

  2. To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA