English Dictionary

cell

/sɛl/

noun

A single-room dwelling for a hermit. / (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. / A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.

He lived in a small cell in the woods.

意味（1）

A single-room dwelling for a hermit.

So, taking them apart into his cell, / He to that point fit speaches gan to frame […].

意味（2）

(now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.

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A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.

A nunʼs bedroom is properly called a cell and is small, bare, and plain, without comfort.

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A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.

The combatants spent the night in separate cells.

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Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.

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(biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.

Each of the two cells or lobes of the anther is marked with a lateral line or furrow, running from top to bottom […].

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(entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.

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(obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.

How soft the music of those village bells / […] With easy force it opens all the cells / Where mem'ry slept.

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A section or compartment of a larger structure.

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(obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.

Thou seest but the order and policie of this little Cell [translating caveau] wherein thou art placed[…].

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A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.

This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells.

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(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.

An American company has applied to experiment in Britain on Parkinson's disease sufferers by injecting their brains with cells from pigs.

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(meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.

There is a powerful storm cell headed our way.

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(computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.

The upper right cell always starts with the color green.

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(card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.

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A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.

Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization.

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(communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.

Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells.

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(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.

I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower.

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(geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.

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(statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.

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(architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

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(architecture) A cella.

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(entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.