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cell

1  [sel]
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–noun
1. a small room, as in a convent or prison.
2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole.
3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the Communist party.
4. Biology. a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.
5. Entomology. one of the areas into which the wing of an insect is divided by the veins.
6. Botany. locule.
7. Electricity.
a. Also called battery, electric cell, electrochemical cell, galvanic cell, voltaic cell. a device that generates electrical energy from chemical energy, usually consisting of two different conducting substances placed in an electrolyte. Compare dry cell.
b. solar cell.
8. Also called electrolytic cell. Physical Chemistry. a device for producing electrolysis, consisting essentially of the electrolyte, its container, and the electrodes.
9. Aeronautics. the gas container of a balloon.
10. Ecclesiastical. a monastery or nunnery, usually small, dependent on a larger religious house.
11. Telecommunications. See under cellular phone.
–verb (used without object)
12. to live in a cell: The two prisoners had celled together for three years.
Origin:
bef. 1150; 1665–75 for def. 4; ME celle < OF celle < ML cella monastic cell, L: room (see cella ); OE cell < ML, as above; see cella

Related forms:
cell-like, adjective
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cell

2  [sel]
–noun
cel.

cel

  [sel]
–noun
a transparent celluloid sheet on which a character, scene, etc., is drawn or painted and which constitutes one frame in the filming of an animated cartoon: may be overlapped for change of background or foreground.
Also, cell.

Origin:
by shortening of celluloid

cellular phone

 
–noun
1. a mobile telephone system using low-powered radio transmitters, with each transmitter covering a distinct geographical area (cell), and computer equipment to switch a call from one area to another, thus enabling large-scale car or portable phone service.
2. mobile phone.
Also called cellʹ phoneʹ, cellular telephone.
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cell   (sěl)   


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n.  

  1. A narrow confining room, as in a prison or convent.

  2. A small enclosed cavity or space, such as a compartment in a honeycomb or within a plant ovary or an area bordered by veins in an insect's wing.

  3. Biology The smallest structural unit of an organism that is capable of independent functioning, consisting of one or more nuclei, cytoplasm, and various organelles, all surrounded by a semipermeable cell membrane.

  4. Architecture See web.

  5. The smallest organizational unit of a centralized group or movement, especially of a political party of Leninist structure.

  6. Electricity

    1. A single unit for electrolysis or conversion of chemical into electric energy, usually consisting of a container with electrodes and an electrolyte; a battery. Also called electrochemical cell.

    2. A single unit that converts radiant energy into electric energy: a solar cell.

  7. A fuel cell.

  8. Computer Science A basic unit of storage in a computer memory that can hold one unit of information, such as a character or word.

  9. A geographic area or zone surrounding a transmitter in a cellular telephone system.

  10. A storm cell.

  11. A small humble abode, such as a hermit's cave or hut.

  12. A small religious house dependent on a larger one, such as a priory within an abbey.

  13. A box or other unit on a spreadsheet or similar array at the intersection of a column and a row.

v.   celled, cell·ing, cells

v.   tr.
To store in a honeycomb.
v.   intr.
To live in or share a prison cell.

[Middle English celle, from Old English cell and from Old French, both from Latin cella, chamber; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
web   (wěb)   
n.  

    1. A woven fabric, especially one on a loom or just removed from it.

    2. The structural part of cloth.

  2. A latticed or woven structure: A web of palm branches formed the roof of the hut.

  3. A structure of delicate, threadlike filaments characteristically spun by spiders or certain insect larvae.

  4. Something intricately contrived, especially something that ensnares or entangles: caught in a web of lies.

  5. A complex, interconnected structure or arrangement: a web of telephone wires.

  6. often Web The World Wide Web.

  7. A radio or television network.

  8. A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes, as of certain amphibians, birds, and mammals.

  9. The barbs on each side of the shaft of a bird's feather; a vane.

  10. Baseball A piece of leather or leather mesh that fills the space between the thumb and forefinger of a baseball glove. Also called trap1, webbing.

  11. Architecture A space or compartment between the ribs or groins of a vault. Also called cell.

  12. A metal sheet or plate connecting the heavier sections, ribs, or flanges of a structural element.

  13. A thin metal plate or strip, as the bit of a key or the blade of a saw.

  14. A large continuous roll of paper, such as newsprint, either in the process of manufacture or as it is fed into a web press.

tr.v.   webbed, web·bing, webs

  1. To provide with a web.

  2. To cover or envelop with a web.

  3. To ensnare in a web.


[Middle English, from Old English; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]
Usage Note: The word Web is usually capitalized when referring to the World Wide Web: Many sites on the Web have information about used cars. In this use, however, the word is increasingly found lowercase, and this usage may become dominant. See Usage Note at website.
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Cultural Dictionary

cell

A region of the atmosphere in which air tends to circulate without flowing outward.


cell

The basic unit of all living things except viruses. In advanced organisms, cells consist of a nucleus (which contains genetic material), cytoplasm, and organelles, all of which are surrounded by a cell membrane.

Note: Groups of cells with similar structure and function form tissues.
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Word Origin & History

cell 
c.1131, "small room," from L. cella "small room, hut," related to L. celare "to hide, conceal," from PIE base *kel- "conceal" (cf. Skt. cala "hut, house, hall;" Gk. kalia "hut, nest," kalyptein "to cover," koleon "sheath," kelyphos "shell, husk;" L. cella "store room," clam "secret;" O.Ir. cuile "cellar," celim "hide," M.Ir. cul "defense, shelter;" Goth. hulistr "covering," O.E. heolstor "lurking-hole, cave, covering," Goth. huljan "cover over," hulundi "hole," hilms "helmet," halja "hell," O.E. hol "cave," holu "husk, pod"). Earliest sense is for monastic rooms, then prison rooms (1722). Used in biology 17c., but not in modern sense until 1845. Meaning "small group of people working within a larger organization" is from 1925. Cellphone is from 1984.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: Cel
Function: abbreviation
Celsius

Main Entry: cell
Pronunciation: 'sel
Function: noun
1 : a small compartment or bounded space
2 : a small usually microscopic massof protoplasm bounded externally by a semipermeable membrane, usually including one or more nuclei and various nonliving products, capable alone or interacting with other cells of performing all thefundamental functions of life, and forming the smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

cell (sěl)
n.

  1. The smallest structural unit of an organism that is capable of independent functioning, consisting of one or more nuclei, cytoplasm, and various organelles, all surrounded by a semipermeable cell membrane.

  2. A small enclosed cavity or space.

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Computing Dictionary

cell
1. In a spreadsheet, the intersection of a row a column and a sheet, the smallest addressable unit of data. A cell contains either a constant value or a formula that is used to calculate a value. The cell has a format that determines how to display the value. A cell can be part of a range. A cell is usually referred to by its column (labelled by one or more letters from the sequence A, B, ..., Z, AA, AB, ..., AZ, BA, BB, ..., BZ, ... ) and its row number counting up from one, e.g. cell B3 is in the second column across and the third row down. A cell also belongs to a particular sheet, e.g. "Sheet 1".
2. ATM's term for a packet.
(2007-10-22)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
cell

  1. cellular

  2. celluloid

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