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cell
noun
informal
short
form
of
cell
phone
;
a
mobile
telephone
•
Can
you
hand
me
my
cell
?
I
left
it
on
the
couch
.
Can
you
hand
me
my
cell
?
I
left
it
on
the
couch
.
•
Her
cell
died
,
so
she
borrowed
a
friend
’
s
charger
.
Her
cell
died
,
so
she
borrowed
a
friend
’
s
charger
.
Abbreviation
of
“
cellular
phone
,”
first
popular
in
the
United
States
in
the
1980s
.
noun
the
smallest
living
part
of
an
animal
or
plant
that
can
work
on
its
own
•
Under
the
microscope
,
the
scientist
could
see
that
each
cell
had
a
tiny
nucleus
.
Under
the
microscope
,
the
scientist
could
see
that
each
cell
had
a
tiny
nucleus
.
•
Blood
cells
carry
oxygen
around
the
body
.
Blood
cells
carry
oxygen
around
the
body
.
From
Latin
“
cella
”
meaning
small
room
or
storeroom
,
later
applied
to
biology
when
microscopes
revealed
tiny
compartments
in
living
tissue
.
noun
a
small
room
in
a
prison
or
monastery
,
usually
for
one
person
•
The
guard
locked
the
prisoner
inside
his
cell
for
the
night
.
The
guard
locked
the
prisoner
inside
his
cell
for
the
night
.
•
The
monk
prayed
silently
in
his
simple
cell
at
dawn
.
The
monk
prayed
silently
in
his
simple
cell
at
dawn
.
From
Latin
“
cella
”
meaning
storeroom
or
small
room
.
noun
one
box
in
a
table
or
spreadsheet
where
you
can
enter
data
•
Click
the
top-left
cell
to
select
the
entire
sheet
.
Click
the
top-left
cell
to
select
the
entire
sheet
.
•
Type
the
formula
in
cell
C3
to
add
the
numbers
above
.
Type
the
formula
in
cell
C3
to
add
the
numbers
above
.
Borrowed
from
the
biological
sense
:
early
spreadsheet
designers
used
the
idea
of
many
small
compartments
holding
separate
information
.
noun
one
part
of
a
battery
that
produces
electricity
•
A
single
AA
battery
contains
one
electrochemical
cell
.
A
single
AA
battery
contains
one
electrochemical
cell
.
•
Solar
panels
convert
sunlight
into
electricity
using
many
tiny
solar
cells
.
Solar
panels
convert
sunlight
into
electricity
using
many
tiny
solar
cells
.
Adopted
in
the
19th
century
when
scientists
noticed
early
batteries
contained
separate
small
compartments
,
which
they
named
cells
.
noun
a
small
,
independent
group
inside
a
larger
organization
,
often
secret
•
Each
resistance
cell
worked
separately
so
that
the
network
could
survive
if
one
group
was
caught
.
Each
resistance
cell
worked
separately
so
that
the
network
could
survive
if
one
group
was
caught
.
•
Police
arrested
a
terrorist
cell
planning
the
attack
.
Police
arrested
a
terrorist
cell
planning
the
attack
.
Extended
figurative
sense
from
the
idea
of
many
small
rooms
forming
a
larger
structure
,
used
politically
from
the
early
20th
century
.