cell
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noun- 1.
A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- 2.
(historical)(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.
Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell.
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A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
The combatants spent the night in separate cells.
Đồng nghĩa: prison cell
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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.
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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.
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A section or compartment of a larger structure.
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(literary, obsolete)(obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
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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.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To place or enclose in a cell.
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ine-pro From Middle English celle, selle, from Old English cell (attested in inflected forms), from Latin cella (chamber, small room, compartment), later reinforced by Old French cel, sele, Old French cele. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *kelnā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (to cover). cella hall.thumb|A jail cell thumb|An animal cell