- a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole.
- a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the Communist party.
- a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.
- one of the areas into which the wing of an insect is divided by the veins.
- locule.
- Electricity.
- a device that generates electrical energy from chemical energy, usually consisting of two different conducting substances placed in an electrolyte.
- solar cell.
- a device for producing electrolysis, consisting essentially of the electrolyte, its container, and the electrodes.
- the gas container of a balloon.
- a monastery or nunnery, usually small, dependent on a larger religious house.
- Telecommunications.
- one of the distinct geographical areas covered by a radio transmitter in a cellular phone system.
- cell phone.
- to live in a cell: The two prisoners had celled together for three years.
- a small simple room, as in a prison, convent, monastery, or asylum; cubicle
- any small compartment
- the basic structural and functional unit of living organisms. It consists of a nucleus, containing the genetic material, surrounded by the cytoplasm in which are mitochondria, lysosomes, ribosomes, and other organelles. All cells are bounded by a cell membrane; plant cells have an outer cell wall in addition
- any small cavity or area, such as the cavity containing pollen in an anther
- a device for converting chemical energy into electrical energy, usually consisting of a container with two electrodes immersed in an electrolyte
- short for electrolytic cell
- a small religious house dependent upon a larger one
- a small group of persons operating as a nucleus of a larger political, religious, or other organization
- a small unit of volume in a mathematical coordinate system
- one of the areas on an insect wing bounded by veins
- the geographical area served by an individual transmitter in a cellular radio network
- a variant spelling of cel
