coverslip
coverslip noun: a thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
Noun
coverslip (plural coverslips)
- A thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
- Synonyms:
- coverglass
Verb
coverslip (third-person singular simple present coverslips, present participle coverslipping, simple past and past participle coverslipped)
- To cover (a sample) with a coverslip.
coverslip meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Persian
coverslip in Tamil
- மூடித்துண்டு
coverslip in Telugu
- coverslip
- మూత అద్దము mūta addamu
coverslip in Persian
- Translations
- لامل lâmel
Synonyms of coverslip
Forms of coverslip
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | coverslips |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | coverslips |
| present participle | coverslipping |
| past participle | coverslipped |
| past | coverslipped |
Origin of coverslip
From cover + slip.
Questions about coverslip
- What does coverslip mean?
- Coverslip means a thin glass plate used to cover samples mounted on a microscope slide.
- What is coverslip in Tamil?
- Coverslip in Tamil is மூடித்துண்டு. See Coverslip meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is coverslip?
- Coverslip can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of coverslip?
- The plural of coverslip is coverslips.
Words near coverslip in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: coverslip (page history and authors); coverslip (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); మూత అద్దము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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