What does CELL mean?
Definitions for CELL
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Princeton's WordNet
cellnoun
any small compartment
"the cells of a honeycomb"
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
cell, electric cellnoun
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
cell, cadrenoun
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
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
cell, cubiclenoun
small room in which a monk or nun lives
cell, jail cell, prison cellnoun
a room where a prisoner is kept
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CELLnoun
Etymology: cella, Lat.
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.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.Mine eyes he clos’d, but open left the cell
Of fancy, my internal sight. Par. Lost, b. viii. l. 460.
Wikipedia
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.
Webster Dictionary
Cellnoun
a very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit
Cellnoun
a small religious house attached to a monastery or convent
Cellnoun
any small cavity, or hollow place
Cellnoun
the space between the ribs of a vaulted roof
Cellnoun
same as Cella
Cellnoun
a jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery
Cellnoun
one of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed
Cellverb
to place or inclose in a cell
Etymology: [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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 Terms
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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Entomology
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 Records
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.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'CELL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1857
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'CELL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2984
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'CELL' in Nouns Frequency: #324
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CELL in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CELL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of CELL in a Sentence
Anyone who says it's once in a century, once in 500 years -- I'm not buying it. This has to be considered the normal course of business. So we need to take steps to prepare, is our communication system adequate to let people know in homes and on subways that this is dangerous ? Are alerts going out on people's cell phones ? How do we communicate ? And are we doing a good enough job ? Because I'm not going to stand here and guarantee it won't happen again tomorrow. I don't know that, but I know we need to do much more in our resiliency, addressing climate change.
There were no arrests but we just had to ward off some people. Everyone with a cell phone camera wanted to come down to see the snowy owls.
Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders:
It hit me hard, that he was in the cell sleeping.
n idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
I don't remember how old it was. I remember I was in the sixth grade when I got my first cell phone. It was a BlackBerry, and it was amazing, i didn't know that text messages cost you back then, so I remember I went over my bill $ 500, and I grew up basically in a poor family, so I remember my mom almost shot me. It was crazy.
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- خلية, خَلِيَّة, خَلِيّة, زنزانة, خِليَويArabic
- hüceyrəAzerbaijani
- клетка, килия, килийкаBulgarian
- cel·la, calabós, pila, cèl·lulaCatalan, Valencian
- buňka, článek, celaCzech
- celleDanish
- Zelle, HandyGerman
- στοιχείο, πυρήνας, κελί, κύτταρο, οπή, κινητό τηλέφωνο, κινητόGreek
- célula, celda, bartolina, teléfono celular, teléfono móvil, celular, móvilSpanish
- سلولPersian
- tyrmä, paristo, solu, kenno, kammio, selli, kännykkäFinnish
- kyknaFaroese
- cellule, pile, portable, mobileFrench
- cillIrish
- ceallaScottish Gaelic
- killeen, killag, keeillManx
- תא, סלולריHebrew
- բջիջArmenian
- fangaklefi, klefi, frumaIcelandic
- cellula, cella, cellulareItalian
- 個室, 電池, セル, 細胞, 巣穴, 班, 独房, 携帯電話, ケータイJapanese
- កោសិកាKhmer
- 細胞, 세포Korean
- cellulaLatin
- ląstelė, kamera, akis, celė, elementasLithuanian
- šūna, kameraLatvian
- pūtauMāori
- ќелија, батерија, клетка, мобилен телефонMacedonian
- ċellula, ċella, ċellola, xehdaMaltese
- ကလာပ်စည်း, အချုပ်ခန်းBurmese
- cel, batterij, mobieltjeDutch
- hinááh bijéíNavajo, Navaho
- cela, ogniwo, komórkaPolish
- cela, célula, celular, telefonePortuguese
- celulă, chilie, celular, mobilRomanian
- ячейка, камера, клетка, келья, батарейка, сотовый, мобильный телефон, мобильник, мобилаRussian
- ćelija, stanica, станица, ћелијаSerbo-Croatian
- bunkaSlovak
- birucëAlbanian
- cell, element, mobilSwedish
- seliSwahili
- కణము, సెల్Telugu
- sihay, selulaTagalog
- hücre, cep, cep telefonuTurkish
- ھۈجەيرەUyghur, Uighur
- клітина, камераUkrainian
- tế bào, 細胞Vietnamese
- ziöb, leziöb, siülVolapük
- קאַמערYiddish
- 细胞Chinese
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