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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
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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.]
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cell   (sěl)  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. The basic unit of living matter in all organisms, consisting of protoplasm enclosed within a cell membrane. All cells except bacterial cells have a distinct nucleus that contains the cell's DNA as well as other structures (called organelles) that include mitochondria, the endoplasmic reticulum, and vacuoles. The main source of energy for all of a cell's biological processes is ATP. See more at eukaryote, prokaryote.
  2. Any of various devices, or units within such devices, that are capable of converting some form of energy into electricity. Cells contain two electrodes and an electrolyte. See more at electrolytic cell, solar cell, voltaic cell.

cellular adjective
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