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

synoniem: microscope slide.

Roget 445: optical instruments; lens, meniscus, magnifier, sunglass, magnifying glass, hand lens; microscope, megascope^†, tienoscope^†.    spectacles, specs [Coll.], glasses, barnacles, goggles, eyeglass, pince-nez, monocle, reading glasses, bifocals; contact lenses, soft lenses, hard lenses; sunglasses, shades [Coll.].    periscopic lens^†; telescope, glass, lorgnette; spyglass, opera glass, binocular, binoculars, field glass; burning glass, convex lens, concave lens, convexo-concave lens^†, coated lens, multiple lens, compound lens, lens system, telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, fish-eye lens, zoom lens; optical bench.    astronomical telescope, reflecting telescope, reflector, refracting telescope, refractor, Newtonian telescope, folded-path telescope, finder telescope, chromatoscope; X-ray telescope; radiotelescope, phased-array telescope, Very Large Array radiotelescope; ultraviolet telescope; infrared telescope; star spectroscope; space telescope.    [telescope mounts] altazimuth mount, equatorial mount.    refractometer, circular dichroism spectrometer.    interferometer.    phase-contrast microscope, fluorescence microscope, dissecting microscope; electron microscope, transmission electron microscope; scanning electron microscope, SEM; scanning tunneling electron microscope.    [microscope components] objective lens, eyepiece, barrel, platform, focusing knob; slide, slide glass, cover glass, counting chamber; illuminator, light source, polarizer, [component parts of telescopes] reticle, cross-hairs.    light pipe, fiber optics mirror, reflector, speculum; looking-glass, pier-glass, cheval-glass, rear-view mirror, hand mirror, one-way mirror, magnifying mirror.    [room with distorting mirrors] fun house.    prism, diffraction grating; beam splitter, half-wave plate, quarter-wave plate.    camera lucida [Lat.], camera obscura [Lat.]; magic lantern etc. (show) 448; stereopticon; chromatrope^†, thaumatrope^†; stereoscope, pseudoscope^†, polyscope^†, kaleidoscope.    photometer, eriometer^†, actinometer^†, lucimeter^†, radiometer; ligth detector, photodiode, photomultiplier, photodiode array, photocell.    X-ray diffractometer, goniometer.    spectrometer, monochrometer, UV spectrometer, visible spectrometer, Infrared spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, recording spectrometer; densitometer, scanning densitometer, two-dimensional densitometer.    abdominoscope^†, gastroscope [Med.], helioscope^†, polariscope^†, polemoscope^†, spectroscope.    abdominoscopy^†; gastroscopy [Med.]; microscopy, microscopist.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 255: smoothness etc. adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication.    [smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, velour, velours, velumen^†; glass, ice.    slide; bowling green etc. (level) 213; asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags.    [objects used to smooth other objects] roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish.    [art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary.    [person who polishes gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: preparat mikroskopowy

geology The descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc..

music Rapid sliding up or down the musical scale:
— The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides.

synoniem: swoop.

Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide.

synoniemen: playground slide, sliding board.

Pools: zjeżdżalnia

The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it:
— His slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill.

synoniemen: coast, glide.

A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector.

synoniem: lantern slide.

Pools: slajd

Sloping channel through which things can descend.

synoniemen: chute, slideway, sloping trough.

Nederlands: stortgat
Pools: zsuwnia, ześlizg, ślizg

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.

synoniemen: skid, slew, slip, slue.

Roget 266: travel, journey, course; take a journey, go a journey; take a walk, go out for walk etc. n.; have a run; take the air.    flit, take wing; migrate, emigrate; trek; rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse; scour the country, traverse the country; peragrate^†; circumambulate, perambulate; nomadize^†, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle; gad, gad about; expatiate.    walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path.    take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk^†, frisk, caracoler^†, caracole; gallop etc. (move quickly) 274.    [start riding] embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway.    peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on; stir one's stumps; bend one's steps, bend one's course; make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way; slide, glide, coast, skim, skate; march in procession, file on, defile.    go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 109: elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass; roll on, wear on, press on; flit, fly, slip, slide, glide; run its course.    run out, expire; go by, pass by; be past etc. 122.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 264: be in motion etc. adj.; move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit; hover about, hover round, hover about; shift, slide, glide; roll, roll on; flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along; wander etc. (deviate) 279; walk etc. 266; change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters; dodge; keep going, keep moving; put in motion, set in motion; move; impel etc. 276; propel etc. 284; render movable, mobilize.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 306: descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump.    dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop etc. 308; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall etc. 308.    tumble, trip, stumble, titubate^†, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 331: rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw; file, grind etc. (reduce to powder) 330.    set one's teeth on edge; rosin.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: verschuiven

To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.

synoniem: slither.

Nederlands: glibberen

Move smoothly along a surface.

Nederlands: glijden, slepen, schuiven