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US
/ˈsɛɫ/
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[ UK /sˈɛl/ ]
[ UK /sˈɛl/ ]
NOUN
- a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
- small room in which a monk or nun lives
- a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
- a room where a prisoner is kept
- (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
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any small compartment
the cells of a honeycomb - a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
How To Use cell In A Sentence
- Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
- Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
- Close beside me stood my excellent friend Griffiths, the jolly hosteler, of whom I take the present opportunity of saying a few words, though I dare say he has been frequently described before, and by far better pens. The Bible in Spain
- Next follows the cella, and beyond that, the adytum; there are a few sculptures on the walls of the adytum; on those of the pronaos Travels in Nubia
- In a field where biological material is limited, experimental cytogenetic techniques often require only a few cells.
- The liquids are pumped into a battery cell that converts the chemical energy to electrical energy. Smithsonian Mag
- He was, when he chose to lay aside his mountebankery, an excellent and inspiring conductor. Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857
- While San Mateo is a pleasant destination for home shopping and browsing, it also has excellent restaurants and cafes.
- So, no wonder the chancellor's keeping shtum. Times, Sunday Times
- The cells divide and change until they have a head and short tail, like tadpoles.
