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      cell
      noun
      (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.
      A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
      A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
      A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
      A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
      A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
      (US, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, informal) A cellular phone.
      (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
      Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
      A section or compartment of a larger structure.
      (cellular automata) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
      (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
      (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
      (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
      (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
      (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
      (communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.
      (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
      (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
      (architecture) A cella.
      (entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
      (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
      (obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.
      (obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
      verb
      (transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.
      Roots
      cellacell- · Latin · small room, chamber
      Synonyms for cell
      celluleenergidncoenocyteendoplasmnsyncytiumnbridewellcytoplasmncubiclen
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