Cell

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1.1 Noun

1.1.1 Translations
1.1.2 See also

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English

Noun

cell

A cell is the basic unit of a living organism and is surrounded by a cell membrane.
An egg or a sperm.
A component of an electrical battery.
A room in a jail or prison for containing inmates.
A room in a monastery for sleeping one person.

Translations

Dutch: cel f (1,2,3)
Finnish: solu (1, 2), kenno (3), selli (4), kammio (5)
French: cellule
German: Zelle f
Indonesian: sel
Interlingua: cellula
Japanese: 細胞 (さいぼう, saibō)
Latin: cellula f
Lithuanian: ląstelė f (1, 2); celė f (3-5)
Persian: یاخته (yakhteh)
Polish: komórka f
Portuguese: célula f
Romanian: celulă f
Russian: клетка f
Slovak: bunka f (1), cela f (4, 5)
Swedish: cell c (1, 2, 3)

multilingual associations

Russian: сел /sel/ (sat) в /v/ (in) cell

WordNet Definitions

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1. cell -- (any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb").
2. cell -- ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; cells 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 cell -- (a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction).
4. cell, cadre -- (a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement).
5. cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, cell, mobile phone -- (a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver).
6. cell, cubicle -- (small room is which a monk or nun lives).
7. cell, jail cell, prison cell -- (a room where a prisoner is kept).

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