MICROSCOPE SLIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microscope slide mean? 

• MICROSCOPE SLIDE (noun)
  The noun MICROSCOPE SLIDE has 1 sense:

1. a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

  Familiarity information: MICROSCOPE SLIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROSCOPE SLIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

microscope slide; slide

Hypernyms ("microscope slide" is a kind of...):

plate glass; sheet glass (glass formed into large thin sheets)

Meronyms (parts of "microscope slide"):

cover glass; cover slip (a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide)

section (a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope)

 Context examples 

A sample of blood applied in a thin film to a microscope slide for study under a microscope.

(Blood Smear, NCI Thesaurus)