cel·lu·lar   (sěl'yə-lər)    adj.   Of, relating to, or resembling a cell. Consisting of or containing a cell or cells: the cellular construction of a beehive; the cellular nature of plant and animal tissue. Of or involving the cells of an organization or movement: "The assessment of opposition to any totalitarian regime . . . is notoriously difficult, for any effective movement must be secretive and cellular" (Anthony Sampson). [From Latin cellula, cellule; see cellule.] cel'lu·lar'i·ty (-lār'ĭ-tē) n., cel'lu·lar·ly adv.

Cellular

Cel"lu*lar\, a. [L. cellula a little cell: cf. F. cellulaire. See Cellule.] Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells.

Cellular plants, Cellular cryptogams (Bot.), those flowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, as mosses, fungi, lichens, and alg[ae].

Cellular theory, or Cell theory (Biol.), a theory, according to which the essential element of every tissue, either vegetable or animal, is a cell; the whole series of cells having been formed from the development of the germ cell and by differentiation converted into tissues and organs which, both in plants ans animals, are to be considered as a mass of minute cells communicating with each other.

Cellular tissue. (a) (Anat.) See conjunctive tissue under Conjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and having no woody fiber or ducts.

cellular 

Main Entry: cel·lu·lar
Pronunciation: 'sel-y&-l&r
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or consisting of cells
2 : CELL-MEDIATED<cellular immunity> —cel·lu·lar·i·ty /"sel-y&-'lar-&t-E/ noun plural -ties

cellular cel·lu·lar (sěl'yə-lər)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a cell.
2. Consisting of, composed of, or containing a cell or cells.

cell   (sěl)  Pronunciation Key  (click for larger image in new window) 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. 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

Cellular language, cellular automaton
A system for cellular automaton programming by J Dana Eckart . Cellular includes a byte-code compiler, run-time system, and a viewer.
Latest version: 2.0, as of 1993-04-03.
Posted to comp.sources.unix, volume 26.
See also Cellang.
(2000-10-07)