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Cell

noun

Any small compartment.

(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.

A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction. Synonym: electric cell.

A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement. Synonym: cadre.

A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver. Synonyms: cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone.

Small room in which a monk or nun lives. Synonym: cubicle.

A room where a prisoner is kept. Synonyms: jail cell, prison cell.

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"Cell" Quotes from Famous Books

... correoides; it was however not a Sida, nor even a Malvaceous plant, but a new form of Australasian Rutaceae, differing from Correa in having the petals each rolled round a pair of stamens in its quadripartite conical calyx, and in there being constantly two seeds in each cell of the fruit.* ...

— Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 2 (of 2) • Thomas Mitchell

... Mark's convent was besieged. Savonarola was led to prison, never to issue till the day of his execution by the rope and faggot. We may draw a veil over those last weeks. Little indeed is known about them, except that in his cell the Friar composed his meditations on the the 31st and 51st Psalms, the latter of which was published in Germany with a preface by Luther in 1573. Of the rest we hear only of prolonged torture before stupid and malignant judges, of falsified evidence and of contradictory confessions. What he ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds

... the very start," you answer. "They have to grow before they are born just as you grow now after you are born. Each baby starts at first from the union of two tiny particles of living matter called cells. One cell is in the father, one is in the mother. These two particles must come together and unite away up in the mother where the baby is to grow. When they do, then the baby begins to ...

— The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book • Various

... river watch outside," he was told. "Disarm them, take them to a cell, and search them thoroughly. A considerable amount of coin has been stolen. Report to me ...

— Millennium • Everett B. Cole

... on his behalf. Lacy's part is not easy. Disguised as a farmer he meets Margaret at a village fair and does his best to plead for 'the courtier all in green', only to be himself pierced by the arrow that struck his prince. When, therefore, Prince Edward arrives at the friar's cell and peers into his marvellous crystal, he sees Lacy and Margaret exchanging declarations of love, with Friar Bungay standing by ready to wed them. The power of Friar Bacon prevents the ceremony by whisking his cowled brother away, and the furious prince hurries back to Fressingfield. He is resolved ...

— The Growth of English Drama • Arnold Wynne

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