microscope slide
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- noun
- /ˈmaɪkrəˌskoʊp slaɪd/
- Specialized
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portaobjetos
- The scientist placed the specimen on a glass microscope slide for examination.
- prepare microscope slides
Examples
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He had a microscope slide with a fairly thick well in it so that we could put culture medium in the well.
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In the past, sections were prepared on microscope slides and evaluated with a microscope; now images can be acquired with digital cameras and stored on computer systems.
Academic text (2004) -
A small piece of Nick's sample is cut away and placed on a glass microscope slide.
Fiction book (1998) -
Microscope slides were prepared for sperm morphometry.
Academic text (2015) -
In a neurology lab here, for example, slices of a mouse brain a single cell thick are placed on microscope slides.
Blog text (11) -
Microarrays, standard microscope slides with thousands of unique DNA spots on them, are used to quantify the changes in organisms' gene expression.
Academic text (2008) -
Microarrays are microscope slides containing bacterial or host DNA that make it possible to examine thousands of genes in a single experiment.
Academic text (2006) -
For these analyses, robotic equipment precisely places pieces of the pathogen's DNA in an array of infinitesimally small droplets on glass microscope slides.
Academic text (2004) -
They put out tubes holding cuttings of milkweed stems with two leaves, whole potted milkweed plants, and microscope slides coated with glycerin.
Academic text (2002) -
After collecting the sample, she carefully labeled the microscope slide with its origin.
Synonyms
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A small flat piece of glass used to hold a sample for a microscope
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'microscope' (a device for magnifying) plus 'slide' (a small flat piece of glass for specimens): together they denote the small glass used with a microscope. This noun–noun compounding is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term microscope slide comes from the simple image of a thin glass slide that is put under a microscope or slid into place so someone can look at very small things. That's why it means a small, flat piece of glass used to hold a sample for viewing.