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A cover glass, cover slip or coverslip or is a thin flat piece of transparent material usually square or rectangular in shape that is placed over objects for viewing with a microscope. The object is usually held between the cover slip and a thicker microscope slide which rests on the microscope's stage or slide holder and provides the physical support for the object and slip.
