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slideful

slideful noun: the amount that fits on a microscope slide.

Noun

slideful (plural slidefuls or slidesful)

  1. The amount that fits on a microscope slide.
    • Orientation is now accomplished with the greatest ease. In cutting, the knife is wet with the clearing medinm given above. The sections may be arranged in serial order on the knife-blade until a slideful is obtained, when they are transferred, balsam and cover applied. By this method long series...1892 August, A. C. Eyclesheimer, “Notes on Celloidin Technique”, in F. Jeffrey Bell, editor, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, part 4, London: Williams & Norgate, page 565

Forms of slideful

pluralslidefuls
pluralslidesful

Origin of slideful

From slide + -ful.

Questions about slideful

What does slideful mean?
Slideful means the amount that fits on a microscope slide.
What part of speech is slideful?
Slideful is a noun.
What is the plural of slideful?
The plural of slideful is slidefuls.

Words near slideful in the dictionary

  1. slidebar
  2. slidebars
  3. slided
  4. slideflask
  5. slideflasks
  6. slideful
  7. slideglass
  8. slideglasses
  9. slidegroat
  10. slideless
  11. Slidell

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