Etymology 1

Noun

1. A room in a monastery for sleeping one person.

   Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell.

2. A room in a prison for containing inmates.

   The combatants spent the night in separate cells.

3. A component of an electrical battery.

   This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells.# A small group of people forming part of a larger organization.

   Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization.

4. A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.

   There is a powerful storm cell headed our way.

5. The basic unit of a living organism, surrounded by a cell membrane.

   There is a virtual zoo of single cell organisms living in your mouth.

6. An cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb or ovary.

   The bee filled the cell with honey.

1. The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.

   The upper right cell always starts with the color green.

2. A short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode.

   Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells.

3. A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.

   I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower.

4. A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.

Etymology 2

Descendants

• Irish:
• Manx:
• Scottish Gaelic:

Noun

1. Cell; a room in a prison.
2. Cell; a room in a monastery for sleeping one person.
3. Cell; a small group of people forming part of a larger organization.
4. Cell; the basic unit of a living organism.
5. Cell; an cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb.
6. Cell; a minimal unit of a cellular automaton.