Phonetic: "/sɛl/"
Part Of Speech: noun
Definition: A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
Definition: A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
Definition: A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
Example: Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell.
Definition: A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
Example: The combatants spent the night in separate cells.
Definition: Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
Definition: Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
Definition: The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
Definition: Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.
Definition: A section or compartment of a larger structure.
Definition: Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
Definition: A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
Example: This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells.
Definition: 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.
Definition: A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
Example: There is a powerful storm cell headed our way.
Definition: The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
Example: The upper right cell always starts with the color green.
Definition: In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
Definition: A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
Example: Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization.
Definition: (communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.
Example: Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells.
Definition: (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
Example: I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower.
Definition: A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
Definition: The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
Definition: The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
Definition: A cella.
Definition: An area of an insect wing bounded by veins