Definition of Cell

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Definition of Cell

Cell

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.

Any small cavity, or hollow place.

The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

Same as Cella.

A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.

One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.

To place or inclose in a cell.

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Cell Quotations

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
C. S. Lewis

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.
Ted Turner

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
George W. Bush

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Edward Abbey

Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.
Jay Leno

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have.
Conan O'Brien

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
Arnold H. Glasow

The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.
Charles Horton Cooley

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.
Marilyn vos Savant

Cell Translations

cell in Dutch is cel, kerker, cachot
cell in Finnish is solu
cell in French is cellule, cachot
cell in German is Speicherzelle, Zelle, Speicherzelle
cell in Latin is carcer, arca archa
cell in Portuguese is pilha
cell in Spanish is cielo, celda

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