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.

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