cell
IPA: sˈɛɫ
noun
- A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
- A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
- A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
- Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
- (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
- (entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
- (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.
- A section or compartment of a larger structure.
- (obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
- A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
- (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
- (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
- (cellular automata) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
- (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
- A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
- (communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.
- (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
- (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
- (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
- (architecture) A cella.
- (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
- (US, informal) A cellular phone.
verb
- (transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.
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Examples of "cell" in Sentences
- There are somatic cells in our body.
- Most cells in the body become senescent.
- Insulin allows the body's cells to use the sugar.
- This hampers the secretion of the protein from the cell.
- Cell bodies of the whisker primary afferents are found here.
- If the cells are spiritually sick, the body is physically sick.
- Collagen is the protein that binds the cells of the dermis together.
- Prickle is another protein in the planar cell polarity signaling pathway.
- The cells of the caterpillar transform into the cells of a butterfly's body.
- Healing is the process by which the cells in the body regenerate and repair.