Cell

Definition of Cell

Pronunciation: sĕl
n.1.A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.
The heroic confessor in his cell.
- Macaulay.
2.A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
3.Any small cavity, or hollow place.
4.(Arch.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
5.(Elec.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.
6.(Biol.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.
Air cell
See Air cell.
Cell development
called also cell genesis, cell formation, and cytogenesis), the multiplication, of cells by a process of reproduction under the following common forms; segmentation or fission, gemmation or budding, karyokinesis, and endogenous multiplication. See Segmentation, Gemmation, etc.
Cell theory
(Biol.) See Cellular theory, under Cellular.
v. t.1.To place or inclose in a cell.
[imp. & p. p. Celled (sĕld).]

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