Definitions for Cell
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.2 / 15 votes

1. cellnoun

   any small compartment

   "the cells of a honeycomb"

2. cellnoun

   (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

3. cell, electric cellnoun

   a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

4. cell, cadrenoun

   a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

5. cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, cell, mobile phonenoun

   a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

6. cell, cubiclenoun

   small room in which a monk or nun lives

7. cell, jail cell, prison cellnoun

   a room where a prisoner is kept

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CELLnoun

   Etymology: cella, Lat.

   1. A small cavity or hollow place.

   The brain contains ten thousand cells,
   In each some active fancy dwells. Matthew Prior.

   How these for ever, though a monarch reign,
   Their sep’rate cells and properties maintain. Alexander Pope.

   2. The cave or little habitation of a religious person.

   Besides, she did intend confession
   At Patrick’s cell this even; and there she was not. William Shakespeare.

   Then did religion in a lazy cell,
   In empty, airy contemplations dwell. John Denham.

   3. A small and close apartment in a prison.4. Any small place of residence.

   Mine eyes he clos’d, but open left the cell
   Of fancy, my internal sight. Par. Lost, b. viii. l. 460.

   5.Little bags or bladders, where fluids, or matter of different sorts are lodged; common both to animals and plants. John Quincy

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cell

   Cell is a multi-core microprocessor microarchitecture that combines a general-purpose PowerPC core of modest performance with streamlined coprocessing elements which greatly accelerate multimedia and vector processing applications, as well as many other forms of dedicated computation.It was developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as "STI". The architectural design and first implementation were carried out at the STI Design Center in Austin, Texas over a four-year period beginning March 2001 on a budget reported by Sony as approaching US$400 million. Cell is shorthand for Cell Broadband Engine Architecture, commonly abbreviated CBEA in full or Cell BE in part. The first major commercial application of Cell was in Sony's PlayStation 3 game console, released in 2006. In May 2008, the Cell-based IBM Roadrunner supercomputer became the first TOP500 LINPACK sustained 1.0 petaflops system. Mercury Computer Systems also developed designs based on the Cell. The Cell architecture includes a memory coherence architecture that emphasizes power efficiency, prioritizes bandwidth over low latency, and favors peak computational throughput over simplicity of program code. For these reasons, Cell is widely regarded as a challenging environment for software development. IBM provides a Linux-based development platform to help developers program for Cell chips.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cell

   A cell is the smallest and fundamental unit of life. It is the basic building block of all organisms, whether they are plants, animals, bacteria, or fungi. It has the capacity to perform all necessary functions such as taking in nutrients, converting nutrients into energy, carrying out specialized functions, and reproducing. Cells either have a nucleus (eukaryotic cells) or don't have a nucleus (prokaryotic cells). They contain various structures such as mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and ribosomes, each performing specific roles for the cell to function properly.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Cellnoun

   a very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit

2. Cellnoun

   a small religious house attached to a monastery or convent

3. Cellnoun

   any small cavity, or hollow place

4. Cellnoun

   the space between the ribs of a vaulted roof

5. Cellnoun

   same as Cella

6. Cellnoun

   a jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery

7. Cellnoun

   one of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed

8. Cellverb

   to place or inclose in a cell

9. Etymology: [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cell

   The cell is the basic structural, functional and biological unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and is often called the "building block of life". It consists of a protoplasm enclosed within a membrane, which contains many biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Organisms can be classified as unicellular or multicellular. While the number of cells in plants and animals varies from species to species, Humans contain about 100 trillion cells. Most plant and animal cells are between 1 and 100 micrometres and therefore are visible only under the microscope. The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665. The cell theory, first developed in 1839 by Matthias Jakob Schleiden and Theodor Schwann, states that all organisms are composed of one or more cells, that all cells come from preexisting cells, that vital functions of an organism occur within cells, and that all cells contain the hereditary information necessary for regulating cell functions and for transmitting information to the next generation of cells. Cells emerged on planet Earth at least 4.0–4.3 billion years ago.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cell

   sel, n. a small room in a prison, monastery, &c.: a cave: a small shut cavity: the grave: a unit-mass of living matter, whether rounded off by itself, as in the simplest plants or animals, and in the youngest stage of all organisms, or associated with other cells to form a higher unity.—adjs. Celled, having cells, cellular; Cellif′erous, having or producing cells; Cell′ular, Cell′ulated, consisting of or containing cells.—n. Cell′ule, a little cell.—adj. Cellulif′erous, having or producing little cells.—n. Cell′uloid, a hard elastic compound used for ivory, obtained by hydraulic pressure from pyroxylin, mixed with camphor, &c.—adj. Cell′ulose, containing cells.—n. the substance of which the permanent cell-membranes of plants are composed. [O. Fr. celle—L. cella, conn. with celāre, to cover.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cell

   A subordinate organization formed around a specific process, capability, or activity within a designated larger organization of a joint force commander

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1. cell

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2. CELL

   What does CELL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CELL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cell

   any space between or bounded by veins: in the Comstock system the cells derive their names from the vein forming the Tupper margin: e.g. all just below the radius are radial cells; and they are numbered from the base outward, as radial 1, 2, etc.: the living unit; protoplasm differentiated into cytoplasm and nucleus, from which units all but the lowest plants and animals are developed by division and consequent increase into a multicellular condition: a compartment or division of a nest or honey-comb.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CELL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cell is ranked #82908 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cell surname appeared 227 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cell.
   
   91.6% or 208 total occurrences were White.
   5.2% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Compartment
   • Radiotelephone

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cell' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1857

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cell' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2984

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Cell' in Nouns Frequency: #324

How to pronounce Cell?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cell in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Cell in a Sentence

1. Aimee Eyvazzadeh:

   They've said they've discovered this precursor cell in humans and this cell can somehow mature into healthy, young fertilizable eggs? Well, that's awesome, let me at that cell!

2. David Hart:

   They (fuel cell makers) all have a pathway of using less platinum, which is fairly clear.

3. Mathai Mammen:

   We believe that the protection could be due to the robust T-cell responses induced by the Johnson Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Furthermore, these data suggest that Omicron is not affecting the T-cell responses generated by our vaccine.

4. Marcy Darnovsky:

   The techniques ... are relatively crude and will not in and of themselves create so-called designer babies, however, they will result in children with DNA from three different people in every cell of their bodies, which will impact a large range of traits in unknowable ways and introduce genetic changes that will be passed down to future generations.

5. Oliver Taylor:

   A typical oil change today takes about 20 minutes to complete. With the Nexcel system it takes only 90 seconds to do the full oil service. So the Nexcel oil cell contains the engine oil and filter. So by taking the oil cell out of the car and putting a brand new oil cell back in; that's it - oil change done.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cell
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Cell
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cell
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Cell
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Cell
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=Cell
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html