| 释义 |
Thin section
| a section or slice, as of mineral, animal, or vegetable substance, thin enough to be transparent, and used for study under the microscope. | | See under Section. |
See also: Section, Thin thin section
thin sectionA slice of an object or substance that can be viewed under a microscope. Where is the thin section of that mineral specimen? I want to take a look at it under the microscope.See also: section, thinthin section
thin section[′thin ′sek·shən] (geology) A piece of rock or mineral specifically prepared to study its optical properties; the sample is ground to 0.03-millimeter thickness, then polished and placed between two microscope slides. Also known as section. thin section
thin sec·tion , ultrathin sectiona section of tissue for electron microscopic examination; the specimen is fixed, typically in glutaraldehyde and/or in osmium tetroxide, embedded in a plastic resin, and sectioned at less than 0.1 mcm in thickness with a glass or diamond knife in an ultramicrotome.thin sec·tion , ultrathin section (thin sek'shŭn, ŭl'tră-thin) A section of tissue for electron microscopic examination; the specimen is fixed, typically in glutaraldehyde or osmium tetroxide, embedded in a plastic resin, and sectioned at less than 0.1 mcm in thickness with a glass or diamond knife in an ultramicrotome. |